At the Thailand Boxing Tournament, 2022, the Vietnamese team had 2 fighters winning the final gold medal. Besides the defending champion of the SEA Games Nguyen Thi Tam (51kg female), boxer Vo Thi Kim Anh was crowned in the weight of 54kg. Kim Anh's victory is most noticeable when she defeated Sirine Charaabi, the Italian boxer ranked second in the world.
However, while the mind and many other boxers are about to attend the 31st SEA Games at home, Kim Anh has no name in the list of Vietnam boxing team. The reason is that Kim Anh's weight class is not on the list of competition contents of Boxing at SEA Games 31 according to information from the organizers.
Boxing at SEA Games 31 has a total of 13 sets of medals, including 52kg, 57kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 85kg, 91kg (male) and 48kg, 51kg, 57kg, 60kg, 69kg, 75kg (female). Unfortunately, Kim Anh is that the SEA Games 30 used to have a weight of 54kg, but this content was abandoned when Vietnam hosted the SEA Games 31.
Kim Anh's forte is 54kg. In which 51kg class has Nguyen Thi Tam, and 57kg class has Vuong Thi Vy. These are all experienced players in the Vietnamese boxing team. After leaving the 54kg weight class, the Organizing Committee of SEA Games 31 added 2 more contents compared to the SEA Games 30 of 69kg and 75kg of women.
List of athletes of the Vietnam Boxing team attending the 31st SEA Games and the expected content:
– Trinh Thi Diem Kieu: 48kg women's weight class
– Nguyen Thi Tam: 52kg weight class
– Vuong Thi Vy: 57kg women's weight class
– Tran Thi Linh: Women's 63kg weight class
– Hoang Ngoc Mai: 69kg weight class
– Tran Thi Oanh Nhi: 75kg weight class
– Tran Van Thao: 52kg male weight
– Nguyen Van Duong: 57kg weight class
– Vu Thanh Dat: weight of 60kg male
– Tran Duc Tho: 69kg male weight
– Bui Phuoc Tung: 75kg male weight
– Truong Dinh Hoang: Grade 81kg male weight
– Nguyen Manh Cuong: 91kg male weight