A Vietnamese nine-member wrestling team has taken part in the 26th Asian
Wrestling Championships, which opened on April 18 in India’s capital
of New Delhi.
The Vietnamese are joining with over
200 wrestlers from 19 countries in the region to compete nine weight
categories in the five-day tournament..
The Vietnamese
team hopes to bag home medals from this event, according to Head of
Wrestling Division of the Vietnam Administration of Sports and Physical
Training.
Earlier this month, the Vietnam national wrestling
team took the lead with 16 gold medals in the Southeast Asian (SEA)
Freestyle and Classical Wrestling Championships, a pre-SEA Games event,
which wrapped up in Myanmar on April 8.-VNA