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Karate squad kicks off world champs
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam 's eight-member karate squad has arrived in Nippon
Budokan, Tokyo , for the World Karate Championships, which will kick off
on Nov. 13.
The team, led by coach Le Cong, will compete in the men's and women's five
weight categories kumite (combat) and kata (performance) events.
Vietnamese artists will face tough rivals at the week-long tournament,
which has drawn 1,200 competitors from 120 countries and territories around
the world.
The Vietnamese squad is the cream of the crop, said coach Cong. It
includes Doha Asian Games gold medalist Vu Thi Nguyet Anh and World
Championship silver medalist Nguyen Hoang Ngan.
Ngan, 24, who was also crowned world champion at the Kobe Osaka
International World Cup in Greece in 2006, will perform in the women's
singles event on Nov. 13. She will later gather with her teammates Dang Thu
Ha and Nguyen Thanh Hang to compete in the women's team event.
Ngan has sustained her form with flawless performances since the 2003 SEA
Games in Vietnam - where she took a team event gold.
The Public Security athlete said she had enough experience to clinch
victory against tough rivals in the kata event.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old Anh will compete in the women's kumite
under-53kg on Nov. 15. Nicknamed 'little sparrow' because of her delicate
frame, Anh said she never backed down from a fight.
"She follows my exercises in counterattacking very well," said coach Cong
in a phone interview from the National Training Centre No. 1 in Hanoi on
Nov. 10. "This has helped her succeed in the SEA Games and the Asian Games.
But this is the World Championships and she will have to fight against top
athletes from around the world. Anh should compete all out every minute on
mat to win".
The 55-year-old coach added that the squad had been training
according to their own regime since early this year. "They have been working
on their strengths and weaknesses which will help them show off their power
in the kumite weight categories," said Cong, who was voted one of Vietnam
's top five outstanding coaches of 2006 and 2007.-Enditem
Budokan, Tokyo , for the World Karate Championships, which will kick off
on Nov. 13.
The team, led by coach Le Cong, will compete in the men's and women's five
weight categories kumite (combat) and kata (performance) events.
Vietnamese artists will face tough rivals at the week-long tournament,
which has drawn 1,200 competitors from 120 countries and territories around
the world.
The Vietnamese squad is the cream of the crop, said coach Cong. It
includes Doha Asian Games gold medalist Vu Thi Nguyet Anh and World
Championship silver medalist Nguyen Hoang Ngan.
Ngan, 24, who was also crowned world champion at the Kobe Osaka
International World Cup in Greece in 2006, will perform in the women's
singles event on Nov. 13. She will later gather with her teammates Dang Thu
Ha and Nguyen Thanh Hang to compete in the women's team event.
Ngan has sustained her form with flawless performances since the 2003 SEA
Games in Vietnam - where she took a team event gold.
The Public Security athlete said she had enough experience to clinch
victory against tough rivals in the kata event.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old Anh will compete in the women's kumite
under-53kg on Nov. 15. Nicknamed 'little sparrow' because of her delicate
frame, Anh said she never backed down from a fight.
"She follows my exercises in counterattacking very well," said coach Cong
in a phone interview from the National Training Centre No. 1 in Hanoi on
Nov. 10. "This has helped her succeed in the SEA Games and the Asian Games.
But this is the World Championships and she will have to fight against top
athletes from around the world. Anh should compete all out every minute on
mat to win".
The 55-year-old coach added that the squad had been training
according to their own regime since early this year. "They have been working
on their strengths and weaknesses which will help them show off their power
in the kumite weight categories," said Cong, who was voted one of Vietnam
's top five outstanding coaches of 2006 and 2007.-Enditem
