They were all bunched together with the finish line in sight, but Rikunov came out of the pack at full speed and managed to finish first and top the podium.
Vinh’s overall results of 131kg in snatch and 163kg in clean and jerk were enough to place sixth, confirm his world number nine ranking, and guaranteeing a place at this summer’s games.
The event, co-organised by the provincial Department of Culture and Sports and the Việt Nam Shooting Federation, is scheduled to run until April 10.
The top three teams in the Asian U23 tournament will secure direct qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The fourth-placed team will compete against the fourth-placed team from the African U23 tournament for the remaining spot.
The Việt Nam Football Federation believed that Ly's appointment was an honour and recognition from the world governing body to Vietnamese referees.
Lê Đức Phát and Nguyễn Hải Đăng will compete in the Condensate Kazakhstan International Challenge 2024 in Uralsk.
The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) signed a deal with the new sponsor from Japan on April 2 in Hà Nội.
At least six coaches of different nationalities, who have had impressive CVs, have applied to be head coach of the national team of Việt Nam
The event in Việt Nam marks the second stop in Asia, with eight more scheduled in Asia and four in Australia, leading up to the WPC finals.
Lại Gia Thành wins first title for Việt Nam at the International Weightlifting Federation World Cup on April 1 in Phuket, Thailand.
The second open futsal tournament of the Vietnamese community in Siheung city, Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea (RoK), was held on last weekend.
The World Cup, which runs from March 31 to April 11, is the final qualification opportunity for any athlete to secure their Olympic place in Paris this summer.
Maximum Fighting Championship is South Korea's biggest kickboxing organisation. It has produced many famous martial artists from Korea and many countries around the world.
The final hours of the Philippe Troussier era were not the finest, but rather, one of the darkest times ever in the last decade of Vietnamese football.
The African representative defeated New Zealand 6-2 in the final match after beating powerful Iran 5-6 in the first game and drawing 3-3 with Việt Nam.
The race was yellow-flagged on lap 17 when Filip Roms of Sharjah collided with and barrel-rolled over Brent Dillard’s China CTIC boat, putting both drivers out of the race with damaged both hulls.
Kiên struggled in the first two qualifiers when players competed in round robin format.
It was his fifth win in a row at the national championship and he set a new tournament record, running almost 10min faster than last year in Lai Châu Province.