Every day at noon, about 20 members of Viet Nam's national sailing team train hard at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in Da Nang’s Thanh Khe District with the desire to realise their goal of finishing in high rankings at the 32^nd SEA Games slated to be held next May in Cambodia.

20 athletes of Viet Nam's national sailing team train at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach from noon to 5:00pm daily.

Initially, the team trained at the Man Thai Beach in Son Tra District, but due to unsuitable natural conditions of rough seas and big waves, the team decided to practice at the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach.

According to experts and coaches of the sailing team, the Nguyen Tat Thanh beach boasts many weather factors suitable for training.

Sailing is currently a fairly new sport in Viet Nam as well as the upcoming SEA Games. As the first year of participating in the international arena, all members of the national sailing team train hard and seriously with the goal of bringing medals to the country.

Coach of the national sailing team Dang Quyet Thang said experts and coaching staff are very enthusiastic and determined in teaching athletes good skills to prepare for the upcoming tournament. “We will do our best to realise our goal of achieving one silver and one bronze medals”, he added.

Sailing is one of the sports at the 32^nd SEA Games in Cambodia. This is good news for Viet Nam’s sailing team because this is a big playground with many expectations.

Every day, national athletes are still trying their best to practice in Da Nang waters, which focuses mainly on improving physical strength and perfecting techniques with the goal of getting high results at the forthcoming regional sports event.

Athletes get boats into water in order to prepare for training

Athletes make careful preparation for boats because the training environment at sea is very prone to risks.

The quality of the team's training boats meets the training techniques.

After boats are carefully prepared, Coach Dang Quyet Thang and a South Korean expert will discuss a training plan.

Athletes practice 2 sessions/day. In the morning, they jog for physical training for a distance of 5km - 10km, then take a rest until noon. In the afternoon, they practice techniques.

Ready for training

Sailing team's training session starts from noon to evening on weekdays

Reporting by C.LAM, L.THU - Translating by M.DUNG