The 1st National Bowling Championship 2023 was completed successfully, according to Mr. Chhay Keak, Secretary General of the Cambodia Bowling Federation.
Mr. Chhay Keak underscored the success when addressing the closing ceremony of the tournament on Feb. 4.
The event accommodated nine disciplines and attracted the participation of eleven sports delegates and coaches and 31 athletes, eleven of whom are women from five clubs.
According to Mr. Pen Vuthy, Director of Physical Education and Sports of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports, the National Bowling Championship aimed to identify the best athletes for the upcoming international sports events.
He spoke highly of the federation and athletes for their effort in organising the event, showing their commendable capacity.
Probowl Sports Club was ranked 1st with 13 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze), followed by BluO AEON Sen Sok Club with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze), Police Bowling Club with 5 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bro
nze), BluO AEON Sothearos Club with 2 medals (1 gold and 1 silver), and Boosters Bowling Club with 2 medals (1 gold and 1 silver).
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse
Hanoi: Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Hai Dang has won the title of the 32nd Iran Fajr International Challenge after beating Indian seed No. 1 Karunakaran Sathish Kumar, who is now the world’s No 49.
This is the first international championship that the Vietnamese player, ranking 97th in the world, has earned in his career. Previously, Dang’s best achievement on the professional playground was being runner-up at the 2022 Croatia Open Badminton Tournament.
With the victory, Dang got 4,000 points on Road To Paris, ranking among 34 players who are likely to secure a berth in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Now he has 20,870 points in total while Dmitriy Panarin, a Kazakh player, who ranked 34th on the ‘Road To Paris’ list with 20,310 points.
According to the regulations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the top 34 players on the list will win a slot in the Olympics.
Born in 2000 in Ho Chi Minh City, Dang won the national youth championship in 2011, 2017 and 2018. Before stepping onto the world
stage, Dang caused a domestic shock in early 2023. A slot in the second round of the Thailand International Challenge 2023 pushed him to place as the world’s No. 163, which made him the new national No 1. March 14, 2023 was a special day for Vietnamese badminton as Dang ended Nguyen Tien Minh’s 21-year dominance in Vietnam./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency