After the opening ceremony of the Asian Games (ASIAD 2010) tonight, November 12, Vietnamese sportsmen will compete in major sport disciplines. Le Quy Phuong, head of the Vietnamese delegation at ASIAD, talks about advantages and disadvantages for
Is everything okay now with the Vietnamese sport delegation?
At this moment
Could you give more details about doping tests, the accommodation, traveling, etc. of the athletes at ASIAD?
Doping test is always the top priority at any sport event. To prepare for ASIAD, we randomly collected ten samples for the tests from athletes in
One week ago, the laboratory in
We have checked the accommodations and traveling conditions for athletes in
What do you think about
We have firm grounds to believe that
There are nine or ten sports that
The second is sepak takraw. We won two gold medals for this at the previous Games. Other sports are chess, shooting, billiard snooker, wushu, track and field and fencing.
This is the first time you lead the Vietnamese sport delegation at a big international sport event. Do you feel a strong pressure?
I know that I will have to try my best to fulfil my responsibility as the delegation chief at a big event like this. Fortunately I’ve learnt a lot from previous expriences.
This year we anticipated difficulties and prepared very carefully for the games so I hope everything will be smooth.