The “Tank Biathlon” is one of the most favourite contests in the Army Games 2020 hosted by Russia.
In the contest, the Vietnamese tank team will be in the same table with teams from Laos, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Congo, and Qatar. The other table includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Serbia, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan. The contest consists of qualifying, semi, and final rounds.
On August 17, at Patriot Park on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, participating teams drew lots to select competition groups and colors of tanks for the first leg of the qualifying round. Accordingly, the Vietnamese tank crews will compete with their peers from Myanmar, Abkhazia and Qatar on August 24.
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The Vietnamese tank team will be in the same table with teams from Laos, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Congo, and Qatar. |
According to Vietnamese tank team leader, Senior Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Thang, the tank teams from Abkhazia and South Ossetia are barely known by the Vietnamese team. These teams also had time to practice with the Russian team. After “Receiving weapons and equipment for the competition, the Vietnamese tank team will make the most of its time during practice. With a high sense of responsibility and resolve, the crews expect to finish with the best possible results, especially in the first competition on August 24,” said Thang.
Also at the drawing ceremony, the organizers of the Army Games 2020 briefed foreign press agencies on the contest’s regulations and introduced their working positions in the Alabino training ground on the outskirts of Moscow.
Talking with reporters at the Army Games 2020, Major General Roman Binuykov, Chief referee of the contest, said, “We hope participating teams will try their best to achieve the highest results.”
As scheduled, the Army Games 2020 will open on August 23 and the “Tank Biathlon” contest will start a day later.
* On the evening of August 17 (Hanoi time), Major General Pham Van Thai, Deputy Director of the Department of Military Training, head of the Vietnam People’s Army contingent to the Army Games 2020, checked preparations for the competition and assigned missions to the sniper and signal teams of Vietnam at the Salut Hotel. The two teams will fly to Belarus on August 18 to be ready for the Army Games 2020.
At the meeting, Senior Colonel Tran Ba Khuong, head of the signal team, and Senior Colonel Bui Danh Hieu, the sniper team leader, stressed the high determination of the sportsmen and their thorough preparations for the competition.
On behalf of the mission, General Thai gave encouragement to the sportsmen, asked them to make thorough preparations for the contests while promoting external affairs and doing their utmost to get the best possible results in the games.
Translated by Mai Huong