Vo Thi Kim Anh and Ha Thi Linh would sail for the Olympic podium in Paris
Vietnam has never claimed any medals in boxing in the Olympic Games yet but their two experienced female boxers have chance to make a new history for the Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam sent two boxers to the 1952 Olympic Games and their next participation was only in Seoul 36 years later in boxing. Vietnam qualified for the very first time two boxers for the Tokyo Olympics since the qualification system was introduced and the country repeated that performance in the Paris edition.
Mr. Tawan Mungphingklang, the well-known Thai coach returned to Vietnam in the beginning of the year and under his leadership, the country earned two spots for Paris 2024. He led Team Vietnam in the end of the 2010s and the beginning of the 2020s.
He signed a 4-years long contract with Vietnam Boxing Federation until 2028, to the end of the next cycle, which includes all of the Qualifiers, the Olympic Games, two Southeast Asian Games, ASBC and other championships as well.
Vietnam hosted the 2017 ASBC Asian Women’s Boxing Championships in Ho Chi Minh City and the 2022 Southeast Asian Games which were the top highlights in the country’s promising boxing life and a big impact for them.
Nine of their boxers participated in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on September 2023 and among them, the experienced Luu Diem Quynh earned a bronze medal at the women’s middleweight (75kg).
Vietnam did not qualify to any boxers to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games through the Asian Games but their athletes impressed in the 1st and 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Events in Italy and in Thailand.
Vo Thi Kim Anh earned several national titles in the part and she demonstrated her great technical skills at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament where she won the title. Vo returned to the national squad in time and she was highly confident in Busto Arsizio to take a quota at the women’s bantamweight (54kg).
The SEA Games winner Ha Thi Linh is a well-experienced boxer at the lightweight (60kg) and the 31-year-old pugilist succeeded in the specific Box-off in the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Bangkok.
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