Thach Kim Tuan and Nguyen Thanh Thao are expected to win medals for Vietnam at the Youth Olympic Games to be opened in Singapore on August 14.
They are among 13 Vietnamese athletes under Hoang Manh Cuong, Deputy Head of the Elite Sport Department of the National Sport Administration which left for the first ever tournament on August 10.
Tuan will compete in the men's 56kg weightlifting event while Thao will perform in the women's 55kg taekwondo category.
Tuan is the first Vietnamese to win a ticket to the Olympics after his successful performance at the World Youth Weightlifting Championship's cadet category, where he won a silver medal last year.
Thao is a rising taekwondo star. She earned her ticket after winning a bronze medal at the Games' qualifying round held in Mexico in March. She was then called up to the national team and took part in different international tournaments as part of intensive preparation for Singapore.
Apart from weightlifting and taekwondo, Vietnamese athletes will also compete in swimming, shooting, wrestling and badminton.
The summer Youth Olympics is a pioneering initiative by the International Olympic Committee, with the aim of inspiring youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect.
The games will feature some 5,000 athletes, aged from 14-18, and officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees, competing in 26 sports for 184 sets of medals. The games will close on August 26.
They are among 13 Vietnamese athletes under Hoang Manh Cuong, Deputy Head of the Elite Sport Department of the National Sport Administration which left for the first ever tournament on August 10.
Tuan will compete in the men's 56kg weightlifting event while Thao will perform in the women's 55kg taekwondo category.
Tuan is the first Vietnamese to win a ticket to the Olympics after his successful performance at the World Youth Weightlifting Championship's cadet category, where he won a silver medal last year.
Thao is a rising taekwondo star. She earned her ticket after winning a bronze medal at the Games' qualifying round held in Mexico in March. She was then called up to the national team and took part in different international tournaments as part of intensive preparation for Singapore.
Apart from weightlifting and taekwondo, Vietnamese athletes will also compete in swimming, shooting, wrestling and badminton.
The summer Youth Olympics is a pioneering initiative by the International Olympic Committee, with the aim of inspiring youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect.
The games will feature some 5,000 athletes, aged from 14-18, and officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees, competing in 26 sports for 184 sets of medals. The games will close on August 26.