“Vietnam champion Nguyen Thi Tam will target the second continent. She will be the representative of Vietnam to compete in the Asian Asian Elite Championships 2022, taking place in Amman, Jordan from October 30 to November 13,” the Asian Boxing Federation (ASBC) wrote.
At the high level of Boxing, Nguyen Thi Tam is the first Vietnamese boxer who won a championship title at the continental level. It was a gold medal at the Asian Asian Elite Championships 2017 Asian Championship, held in Ho Chi Minh City. In the tournament in 2019, Tam won the gold medal.
The period of 2017-2022 is the peak stage of Nguyen Thi Tam. Besides the gold medal and the Asian gold medal, she also won the ASIAD 2018 bronze medal and has tickets to the Tokyo Olympic Games. In the last 31st SEA Games, Tam also became the first Vietnamese boxing athlete in the history of successfully protecting the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games.
At the upcoming Asian Asian Elite Championships 2022 Asian Elite Championship, Nguyen Thi Tam is likely to play in the 52kg weight class. This is also the weight of Tam's forte for many years. In addition, the Vietnamese boxing team also has another athlete attending this tournament is Nguyen Thi Huong.
Like Nguyen Thi Tam, Nguyen Thi Huong is a athlete of the Hanoi Women's Boxing team and the Vietnamese team. Her best achievement is the bronze medal of the 2019 World Championship Boxing, bronze the Asian Championship Boxing 2019. Huong is a “versatile” athlete when she can play well in both 75kg and 85kg women's weight classes.
According to information Thethao.vn Noting, the coaching staff will decide Nguyen Thi Huong's weight -to -fight class after coming to Jordan to observe and practice before the tournament. At the age of 25, Huong is entering the maturity of her career like Nguyen Thi Tam. However, Huong did not attend the 31st SEA Games because this content did not have her weight class.