According to ITHETHAO.vn information, in the afternoon of 23/5, the 2nd qualifying round of Boxing Olympiad took place a technical meeting between participating delegations. The draw ceremony was also conducted shortly thereafter in 13 weight classes, including 7 contents for men and 6 women's content.
One of the weight classes expected by Boxing Vietnam is 50kg of women. In this weight class, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran will meet Kang Su Hyang (DPRK) in the opening match. Kang Su Hyang is a young athlete of the same age of U22 like Ngoc Tran but does not have many outstanding achievements when playing internationally.
Ngoc Tran is a replacement boxer Nguyen Thi Tam to attend the 2nd Olympic Games of Boxing, with the U22 Asian Medalian record table 2023, the World Young Boxing Medal 2022, as well as in the quarterfinals of ASIAD 19.
However, in order to attend the 2nd Boxing Olympic qualifying round, Kang Su Hyang maintained the national championship achievement in the weight of 50kg. On the side of Ngoc Tran, this boxer has never won the championship at the age of 19-40. In the nearest domestic league Ngoc Tran attended, she only won the gold medal.
Ngoc Tran's first match in the 2nd round of Olympic Games Boxing will take place on May 31. This weight started to play quite late, because the organizers prioritized the matches of the previous boxing box. This is the qualifying period continued to witness the number of male athletes registered to attend many outstanding.