The athlete Bui Van Nhat is participating in
the national mountain cycling competition in 2018.
The young athletes of Hoa Binh province
competed excellently in terms of limited technical facilities. Mountain cycling
is an adventurous sport, athletes often have to compete with the contents of
the field crossing, falling over the pass on the complex roads with high slope,
deep chords, sharp bending segments, etc. Therefore, in addition to having good
physical, the athletes must have high techniques and experiences in handling
the case on the track, thorough understanding of the technical parameters of
the bikes. Due to the lack of facilities, the training of the athletes must be
divided by the shift so that less time was spent on practicing skills, techniques
to handle the situation on the track, tactics when competing. Therefore, the
athletes can not show well their strength and competences.
The coach Tran Dai Nghia added: While the
means for training and competition are currently lacked, the province set up
the goal for the national mountain cycling race at the 2018 National Sports
Festival of achieving 3 individual and team medals, including 2 gold medals, 1
silver or bronze medal. There will be five players competing in the team
competition, but at present, only one bike is qualified for the competition,
while the other four are only provided for daily training. In order to achieve
the above goals, the talented high school of sports and physical training has
proposed to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to buy 3 new bikes
for the team athletes to train and compete. Because each type of bikes has
different specifications and parameters, it takes the athletes about 2 months
to practice, familiarize the vehicles so that they can handle the situation as
well as ensure the safety on the track. As a result, if there is no bike for
the athletes to train by the end of September, it will affect the expected
results of the team. In the short term, all the members of the training
committee as well as the cycling athletes are continuing to do physical
training and daily practice on the determined tracks with the desire to reach
the target set on the provincial achievements at the National Sports Festival
in 2018.