The Skating Federation of Vietnam (SFV) has added roller sports as a member sport and agreed to rename itself the Skating and Roller Federation of Vietnam.
Athletes competed at the Roller Sports Hanoi Open held last November (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Skating Federation of Vietnam (SFV) has added roller sportsas a member sport and agreed to rename itself the Skating and Roller Federationof Vietnam.
Speaking at a recent online congress, SFVPresident Dang Ha Viet said that roller and figure skating have similarcharacteristics in training and competing regulations and referees.
“Vietnam is a tropical country so it is difficult to have favourable conditionsto train figure skating. More than 90 percent of professional figure skatingathletes originally come from roller sports. Currently, the roller sports movementis spontaneously organised. SFV wants to support the sport so that it can bewidely spread through the nation,” he said.
“We also hope to create regular competitions in the community to stronglydevelop roller which could be a professional sport in the near future.”
Tran Duc Phan, deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration, said: “Figureskating and roller are two sports of the Asian Games and Olympics, and will benamed in the SEA Games soon.
“Roller sports are suitable to Vietnamese people’s physique and nationalfacilities. This makes us believe in a brilliant future for the sport.Adding roller as a member of SFV is suitable at this time to lift it up as anOlympic sport in Vietnam.”
In 2020, many tournaments and training courses abroad were postponed because ofthe COVID-19 pandemic and plans to hire foreign coaches were also delayed.
However, the SFV successfullyheld on- and off-ice events domestically including the Roller Sports HanoiOpen and Roller Sports HCM City Open with participants competing in differentcategories and age groups.
Among them, Nguyen Nhut Linh wontwo gold medals in the men’s 1,000m at the above competitions and Mai HoaiPhuong took gold in the men’s 1,500m at the Roller Sports Hanoi Open.
The federation has selected outstanding athletes to be the national team’s corewho will represent Vietnam at international events./.
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Athletes competed at the Roller Sports Hanoi Open held last November (Photo: VNA) 
