According to information iThethao.vn Noting, in the evening of September 22, the draw ceremony of Boxing Asiad 19 officially took place. The Vietnam Boxing team attends this year's tournament with 9 athletes (5 women, 4 men). Martial artist Nguyen Thi Tam has recovered knee injuries to participate in competition at this year's Asian Games.
The draw results showed that most of the boxing of the Vietnamese boxing team fell into a very difficult branch at ASIAD this time. Nguyen Thi Tam (reigning the world runner -up of 50kg women's weight) had to visit Nikhat Zareeen (Indian boxer, the reigning world champion) in the first match.
A few months ago, Nguyen Thi Tam and Nikhat Zareeen confronted each other in the final of the World Women's Boxing Championship 2023. The one who won the match was Indian boxer. The winner in the match between Nguyen Thi Tam and Zareeen will reach the round of 1/8 to encounter Bak for Rong, Korean boxers.
ASIAD 19 branch draw table shows that the 50kg weight of Boxing women has 18 athletes registered to play. Nguyen Thi Tam, Nikhat Zareeen, Yesugen Oyunsetseg (Mongolia) and Aira Villegas (Philippines) are rare boxers who have to fight the first preliminary round before entering the 1/8 round.
Other branches in this weight class also witnessed some early finals. Chuthamat Raksat, Thai boxer, has twice won the world bronze medal, will face Tsukimi Namiki in the 1/8 round. Namiki is a Japanese boxer who won the Tokyo Olympic Games, the reigning runner -up of the Asian Championship.