Bắc giang
Vietnamese player hits world's 5th fastest serve in women's volleyball
Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen spiked the ball at 107 km/h in their game against Belgium at the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup on Sunday, marking one of the five fastest serves in women's volleyball history.
Tuyen made the impressive serve during the first set of the game, where Vietnam defeated Belgium, a much stronger opponent, to win the bronze medal.
|
|
|
Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen (R) serves the ball in Vietnam's game against Belgium at the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, July 7, 2024. |
According to the Olympics' website, the fastest volleyball serves among women before Tuyen's were Italian Paola Egonu's 112.7 km/h, Serbian Tijana Boskovic's 110.3 km/h, Canadian Kiera Van Ryk's 108.1 km/h, Boskovic's 107.5 km/h, and Brazilian Tandara Caixeta's 106.9 km/h.
During the game against Belgium, Tuyen made another serve at the speed of 106 km/h.
Tuyen, born in 2000 in the southern province of Vinh Long, weighs 75 kg and stands 1.88 meters tall.
Earlier, she helped Vietnam defend their championship at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Women 2024 after defeating Kazakhstan in the final match on May 29.
She scored the most points for Vietnam at the FIVB tournament, with a total of 77.
The FIVB tournament was held from July 4-7 and featured teams from Argentina, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Kenya, the Philippines (hosts), Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Vietnam.
The Czech Republic won the tournament by beating Puerto Rico in the final.
Winning the bronze medal is Vietnam's biggest success at an FIVB event.
BAC GIANG - The People's Committee of Bac Giang province has just issued Plan No. 84/KH-UBND on organizing the National Youth Chess Championship in 2024.
BAC GIANG - After 4 days of dramatic competition, the 2024 National Shuttlecock Club Championship wrapped up on April 4. Bac Giang delegation won 3 Gold Medals, 2 Bronze Medals and secured second overall ranking.
.png)
BAC GIANG - Vietnamese athletes bagged three gold and two bronze medals at the Hong Kong Athletics Championship which took place from May 4-5 at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, Hong Kong (China). The Bac Giang star runner Nguyen Thi Oanh won two golds in the women's 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m events.
BAC GIANG – As of May 8, Bac Giang athlete Dang Thi Huong (born 2011) won 3 medals at Asian Jujitsu Championship 2024, reported the representative of the Bac Giang provincial Center for Sports Training and Competition.
BAC GIANG - On the evening of May 13, the Vietnam Badminton Federation joint hands with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Giang province to organize the opening ceremony of the 8th National Team Badminton Championship at the provincial Gymnasium - Lining Cup, 2024.
Source: VnExpress
Reader's comments (0)