Nguyen Thi Tam - the first Vietnamese female boxer won a gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championships in 2017 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamearned two more tickets to the Tokyo Olympics, raising the country’s totalberths in the world’s largest sports event to 18.
World No 1 Park MiChoi of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will not box at thesummer Games after her country decided to withdraw. Her absence gives chance toboxer Nguyen Thi Tam who will take part in the women's 51kg category.
Tam on July 4 receivedconfirmation on the berth. It will be the first time ever a Vietnamese femaleboxer will take part at the Olympics.
Tam is currently thenation's top female boxer and SEA Games defending champion in hercategory.
The former Asianchampion and Asian Games bronze holder should have received confirmationearlier if her result at the world championships in 2019 in Russia was notchanged.
Tam was announced thewinner on points in a quarter-final match against Aetbaeva Liliya of the host.Having a berth in the semi-final meant Tam would win a bronze medal, ahistoric mark for Vietnam and herself and also secured a berth at Tokyo.
But minutes later theorganisers switched their decision and gave the victory to Liliya.
Meanwhile, the International JudoFederation also announced on July 3 that Vietnam’s judoka Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy will competein the women's 52kg category.
Thuy isranked No 11 in Asia which is not enough to qualify for Tokyo but moved upone spot after the DPRK withdrew from the tournament, so their eighth-rankedrepresentative Jon Yu Son will not compete.
The 18 Vietnameseathletes to compete in Tokyo comprise three weightlifters, two boxers, twogymnasts, two swimmers, two badminton players, two archers, one marksman, onerunner, one taekwondo, one judo and one rowing duo.
The Vietnam delegationof nearly 40 members will leave for the tournament on July 17./.
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Nguyen Thi Tam - the first Vietnamese female boxer won a gold medal at the Asian Women's Boxing Championships in 2017 (Photo: VNA) 
