According to the announcement from the Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee, Boxing will draw based on seed rankings. In each weight class, 8 athletes are arranged so they don't have to encounter each other too soon. These are the athletes who soon won tickets to the Olympic and are considered as the championship candidates.
Olympic seed ranking criteria is the recent competition achievement of athletes. They are often the championship athletes, or won the runner -up in the nearest continental sports congresses. For these boxers, the seed arrangement gives them a chance to go deeper.
Below is a list of seeds in 2 weight classes of 54kg and 60kg of women, also the competition content with Vietnamese representatives competing. Based on the branch draw results, 2 Vietnamese boxers will have a specific schedule after a few days. They may have to play early from the first round, or from the 16th round of athletes.
54kg female (Vo Thi Kim Anh attended)
Seed No. 1: Stanimira Petrova (34 years old, Bulgaria, reigning European champion)
Seed No. 2: Yeni Arias (34 years old, Colombia, defending American champion)
Seed No. 3: Tiana Echegaray (31 years old, Australia, reigning champion of Oceania)
Seed No. 4: Pang Chol Mi (30 years old, North Korea, defending Asian champion)
Seed No. 5: Widad Bertal (25 years old, Morocco, defending the African regional qualifying champion)
Seed No. 6: Lacramioara Perijoc (30 years old, Romania, European runner -up)
Seed No. 7: Tatiana Chagas (32 years old, Brazil, reigning American runner -up)
Seed No. 8: Chang Yuan (27 years old, China, Asian runner -up)
The average age of seeds is 30.4, of the first 4 seeds of 32.3. The age of Vo Thi Kim Anh is 27.
Class 60kg female (Ha Thi Linh attended)
Seed No. 1: Yang Wen Lu (33 years old, China, defending Asian champion)
Seed No. 2: Beatriz Ferreira (32 years old, Brazil, defending American champion)
Seed No. 3: Kellie Harrington (35 years old, Ireland, reigning European champion)
Seed No. 4: Cynthia Ogunsemilore (22 years old, Nigeria, reigning the African qualifying champion)
Seed No. 5: Tyla McDonald (21 years old, Australia, reigning championship in Oceania)
Seed No. 6: Angie Valdes (24 years old, Colombia, the reigning American runner -up)
Seed No. 7: Won Un Gyong (24 years old, North Korea, Asian runner -up)
Seed No. 8: Natalia Sadrina (34 years old, Serbia, European runner -up)
The average age of seeds is 28.1, of the first 4 seeds of 30.5. The age of Ha Thi Linh is 31.
It can be seen that the average age of the leading athletes in the female boxing category is quite high. Compared to the athletes in the top 8 seeds, the athletes are in the top 4 leading seeds with higher average age. This is also the fact that the current female boxing needs experienced athletes participating in the competition.