Athletics 

Huỳnh Thị Mỹ Tiên of Việt Nam (left) will compete at the Taiwan Athletics Open on June 1-2. VNA/VNS Photo

 HÀ NỘI -- The national women's 4x400m teams and SEA Games champions will compete at the Taiwan Athletics Open next weekend.

The two-day tournament will be held at the Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei City, on June 1-2.

Athletes will compete in 21 events for both men's and women's and mixed gender.

Việt Nam will send a delegation of 18 competitors to Taiwan (China).

Among them the women's 4x400m team will seek their Olympic spot. The Asian relay champions will have one week to practice to run faster than 3min 27.29sec to enter world top 16 to qualify for the Paris Games.

The team's best time is 3:30.81 that brought them gold at the Asian Relay Championship last week.

Two SEA Games champions Nguyễn Trung Cường will compete in the men's 3,000m steeplechase and Huỳnh Thị Mỹ Tiên will take part in the women's 100m hurdles.

Young talented Trần Thị Nhi Yến who won silvers from the Asian U20 Championship will run in the women's 100m and 200m events.

Nhi is expected to take a wildcard to take part in the Paris Olympics in case Việt Nam cannot win an official place. VNS