6 local athletes to participate in AIMAG
The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) will take place in Ashgabat City, Turkmenistan, from 17 - 27 September.
Viet Nam will send a total of 175 athletes to compete in weightlifting, swimming, athletics, wrestling, taekwondo, Muay Thai, kurash, kickboxing, jujitsu, dance sport, chess, bowling, billiards and male futsal. Six of the Vietnamese contestants are from Da Nang - weightlifter Tran Le Quoc Toan, billiards player Nguyen Thanh Binh, jujitsu athlete Duong Thi Thanh Minh, and taekwondo fighters Vo Quoc Hung, Truong Thi Nho and Tran Thi Anh Tuyet.
As scheduled, the Vietnamese delegation will fly to Ashgabat on 14 September.
The opening ceremony of AIMAG will be held at the 45,000-seater Ashgabat Olympic Stadium in the evening of 17 September.