Over recent years, Da Nang has paid special attention and investment resources to developing high-performance sports - one of the important spearheads to elevate the position of the city's sports sector in the national and international arenas.

Weightlifters practice hard at the Da Nang Athlete Training and Coaching Center. Photo: KHANH HOA

Focus on investment and compensation

Like any other normal day, weightlifter Nguyen Van Duc, 27, who won the gold medal at the 9^th National Sports Festival in 2022, as well as broke his own record at 155 kg weight for the men's over 96kg category, practices hard at the municipal Athlete Training and Coaching Centre.

Duc is a talent discovered from the selection process of athletes in schools in the city. Starting training in 2009, after 14 years of working, Duc has contributed many important achievements to high-performance sports in Da Nang.

Currently, Duc is actively training to be able to achieve the best results in the upcoming tournaments.

Established in 1994, the Da Nang Athlete Training and Coaching Centre is a place to search and train athletes for the city, making an important contribution to the development of the city’s sports sector. The training and competition of athletes have turned to a new page with significantly improved professional quality.

Over the past time, thanks to great attention and investment of the city, the infrastructure system serving the training work has been completed with spacious appearance and modern equipment.

On the other hand, the city offers many preferential regimes for athletes, thereby contributing to creating a great motivation for them to feel secure about their thoughts, and make a great contribution to the overall achievements of Da Nang’s sports sector.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Thao, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, acknowledged that the new strength for Da Nang's high-achieving sports is the attention and investment in sports institutions and effective implementation of preferential policies for athletes.

However, according to the functional sector, Da Nang finds it difficult to select athletes for high-performance sports.

Towards National Sports Festival 2026

Mr. Tran Do Quang, Deputy Director of the city’s Sports and Sports Athletes Training and Training Center said, the center's current key task is to well prepare the force for the 10^th National Sports Festival in 2026, and major regional, Asian and world tournaments.

At present, Da Nang’s sports industry, especially the city’s Athlete Training and Coaching Centre, has promoted the application of scientific, technical and technological achievements into the work of selection, training and coaching to improve the professional qualifications of athletes.

“In addition to domestic training activities, the center aims to implement the training plan at both home and abroad during the 2023-2026 period with 60 to 100 main athletes and 60 to 100 potential young athletes. They will be the athletes in sports groups that are most likely to achieve the highest achievements at the festival” Mr. Quang emphasised.

Reporting by KHANH HOA - Translating by M.DUNG