On the evening of April 18, many reports said that tennis player Le Duc Phat officially won the 8th spot for sports Vietnam attends the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is good news for Vietnamese sports when the tournament is less than 3 months away.
However, speaking with Dan Tri, Mr. Dang Ha Viet, Director of the Department of Physical Training and Sports, affirmed that athlete Le Duc Phat’s Olympic participation is uncertain. Surely we have to wait until April 28 to get official results.
“April 28 Badminton Federation world (BWF) only finalizes the rankings of the world’s badminton players, only then will the spot for the Paris Olympics be determined. 2024 of Le Duc Phat or not” said Mr. Dang Ha Viet.
Table qualifying rankings badminton Paris 2024 Olympics was last updated by BWF on April 18. Le Duc Phat has dropped 3 places to 35th place.
According to BWF regulations previously announced, 38 male players and 38 female players will compete in badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympic badminton. Each country will have a maximum of 2 official spots with those currently in the top ranks. 16 in the world.
From 17th to 34th in the world, each country only has one more place to participate. The remaining 4 spots include a special spot decided after the qualifying round ends and a priority spot for the representative of the host country France.
According to the above regulations, Le Duc Phat ranked 35th on the list. “Road to Paris” ranking means he cannot get a ticket to the Olympics.
However, this week the BWF announced 35 official spots and 3 special spots. Although last week they announced 34 official slots and 4 special slots (divided by continents). So we have to wait until April 28 for the official BWF announcement to make things clearer Head of the Department of Sports and Sports Dang Ha Viet added.
On his personal page, athlete Le Duc Phat also expressed his excitement waiting for the good news of being able to attend the Olympics. “Sincerely apologize to everyone as well as the press. Currently, Phat will have to wait until the announcement of the BWF on April 28 to know exactly if he has a spot in the Olympics or not.
Everyone is interested. I am very happy to support and support Phat. Phat hopes to go to Paris to compete with world-class athletes” Le Duc Phat expressed.
In addition to anxiously waiting for good news from Le Duc Phat Vietnamese badminton has an official representative at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nguyen Thuy Linh.
At this time, Nguyen Thuy Linh is ranked 24th in the world and ranked 17th in “Road to Paris”. On April 17, on her personal page, Nguyen Thuy Linh shared: “Today I would like to officially announce that I have qualified to attend this Olympics.
Let’s work towards My second Olympics, everyone. Thank you and thank you all. Wishing everyone peace and good health.”
With the official performance of Nguyen Thuy Linh. Vietnamese sports has 7 athletes qualified to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics: Nguyen Thi That (bicycle) Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming) Trinh Thu Vinh Le Thi Mong Tuyen (shooting) Vo Thi Kim Anh (boxing) Trinh Van Vinh (weightlifting) Nguyen Thuy Linh (badminton)
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