The coaches and athletes of Khanh Hoa who have been selected to take part in SEA Games 30 are practicing hard to prepare for the upcoming competitions.
The coaches and athletes of Khanh Hoa who have been selected to take part in SEA Games 30 are practicing hard to prepare for the upcoming competitions.
Khanh Hoa has three coaches and 12 athletes being called for the national sports teams playing SEA Games 30. The national indoor volleyball team comprises of seven athletes of Khanh Hoa, namely Tu Thanh Thuan (outside hitter), libero Huynh Trung Truc, and middle blockers Nguyen Dinh Nhu, Van Phong, Xuan Tan, Trien Chieu. Coach Thai Quang Lai of Khanh Hoa has been appointed coach of the team.
Under the instruction of Thai Quang Lai, Sanest Khanh Hoa finished fourth at the 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, which has been the best achievement of Vietnam’s indoor volleyball. In the previous editions of SEA Games, Vietnam’s national indoor volleyball team did not get good results although they had quality players. This time, Thai Quang Lai is expected to help the national indoor volleyball team to achieve a better result with his tactics.
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Khanh Hoa’s coach and players also play an important role in the national beach volleyball team with one coach and seven athletes, who are Nguyen Trong Quoc (coach), Tuong Vy, Thanh Tram, Lan Nguyen (female team), Thanh Nha, Quang Vu, Long Nhat (male team). They are young and skilled athletes and are regarded as the core of the national beach volleyball team when Vietnam hosts SEA Games 31.
Seasoned Athlete Doan Kien Quoc of Khanh Hoa is one the coaches of the national table-tennis team. The experience of Kien Quoc is expected to be a factor helping the team to attain good achievement at this year’s SEA Games. Khanh Hoa’s young athletic athlete Tran Nhat Hoang has been called for the national athletics team after he gained 400m gold medal at the national athletics championships 2019. The fact that Hoang can take part in SEA Games 30 is a surprise and also opens a new hope for Khanh Hoa’s athletics because he is the first athletic player of Khanh Hoa after Khanh Doan, Hong Hanh, Truc Van, and Thu Lan who used to be the pride of Khanh Hoa in athletics, being selected for the national team. Hoang will compete in men’s 4x400m in the upcoming SEA Games.
SEA Games 30 will take place in Philippines from November 29 to December 11. Vietnam’s sports delegation joins this sports event with 850 staff, coaches and athletes. Vietnamese athletes will take part in 43 sports out of 56 sports, aiming for 70 to 72 medals and a top three in the overall medal count.
An Nhien
Translated by H.N
