Nguyen Thi Tam lost to the world champion, stopped early at ASIAD 19

The leaf visits at the weight of 50kg of Boxing ASIAD 19 women has brought Nguyen Thi Tam to face Nikhat Zareeen in the first match. Because Boxing does not rank seeds, only random draw, the fact that the two defending champions of the world and the world runner -up met the first match is very rare.

Nguyen Thi Tam lost to the world champion to stop early at ASIAD 19 - Photo 1
Nguyen Thi Tam stopped early when losing to Nikhat Zareeen – Photo IBA

Six months ago, Nikhat won Nguyen Thi Tam. And in this match, Indian boxers continue to be the winner. All 5/5 assessments were doting nikhat to win the Vietnamese representative point after 3 rounds. This victory took Nikhat in the round of 16 of the Korean boxer.

With this result, Nguyen Thi Tam will aim to win the Olympic ticket in the world qualifying in May 2024 in Thailand. The opportunity is still intact with Vietnamese boxers. The 29 -year -old boxer still has many plans with domestic and foreign tournaments in the coming time. Most likely she will attend the National Boxing Championship 2023 later this year.

Before Nguyen Thi Tam went to the field, her teammate, Ha Thi Linh, won the first qualifying round. This victory brought the defending champion of the SEA Games into the round of 1/8. Her opponent is Yang Wen Lu, Chinese hosts. Yang has just won a bronze medal in the world, and is considered as one of the ASIAD candidates in this weight class.

After Nguyen Thi Tam and Ha Thi Linh, Boxing Vietnam still has 1 representative playing today, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran. The 19 -year -old boxer attended the weight of 54kg. Her first match was the 1/8 match because this weight class had only 15 boxers registered to attend.

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