BTC 'put out the fire', lend racing cars and compensate

Get the hat and shoe sizes of Vietnamese cyclists

Speaking this morning, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - General Secretary of the Vietnam Cycling - Motor Sports Federation, head of the Vietnamese cycling delegation participating in the Asian Road Cycling Championship, said: "The representative of the organizing committee (OC), host Thailand, has contacted the Vietnamese delegation to grasp the damage from the fire in competition equipment. The BTC has collected information about the number and size of helmets and shoes of Vietnamese athletes. Regarding the competition vehicles, the Thai side also said that they are ready to lend the Vietnamese cycling team vehicles. The members of the Asian Cycling Federation meeting in Thailand also said that they are ready to support vehicles for Vietnamese athletes to compete."

Vietnamese female cyclists find it difficult to achieve good results when competing on borrowed bikes

The organizers lending out bikes for competition is just a "firefighting" solution because according to the coaches, with the specific nature of cycling, each athlete is equipped with a specialized bike suitable for their height, weight, etc. Competing with borrowed bikes cannot ensure the best professional factors, especially when the Vietnamese road cycling team is expecting to compete with high results in many events for both the team and youth teams at this Asian road cycling tournament.

Close-up of Vietnam team's billion-dollar bicycle fleet burned down in Thailand

In addition to the positive support from the Thai host organizing committee so that Vietnamese athletes can compete in the tournament starting tomorrow, the issue of how to compensate the Vietnamese team is also raised. Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh, Head of High Performance Sports Department I (Department of Sports and Physical Training), said that today, the organizing committee and the Asian Cycling Federation will meet and discuss the method of compensation for the Vietnamese cycling team.

The president of the International Cycling Union was informed of the incident.

The Thai Organizing Committee has contacted and promised to provide good bikes for Vietnam to compete (currently there are 3 time trial bikes, Vietnam needs 6 bikes to compete on February 7). This afternoon (February 6), the Organizing Committee and the Asian Cycling Federation will meet and discuss compensation methods. This morning, the Asian Cycling Federation held a congress with the participation of the President of the International Cycling Federation.

Nguyen Thi That is a candidate competing for the Asian gold medal but cannot ride her familiar "war horse" because it was burned down.

The cause of the truck fire that destroyed all 30 bicycles and specialized equipment of the Vietnamese cycling team inside has not yet been announced. It is known that there was also some equipment of the Singapore cycling team on the truck.

Previously, as Thanh Nien reported from coach Mai Cong Hieu's sharing: "On February 5, after the Vietnamese road cycling team arrived in Bangkok, we were picked up by the Organizing Committee's car to Phitsanulok, about 350 km away, where the tournament took place. All of the Vietnamese team's equipment, including racing cars and spare parts, were loaded onto a truck of the Organizing Committee and transported to Phitsanulok. After about 7 hours of traveling to Phitsanulok, we received information that the vehicle carrying the Vietnamese team's equipment had an accident on the road and caught fire, completely damaged."

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vu-dan-xe-dap-doi-viet-nam-bi-chay-btc-chua-chay-cho-muon-xe-dua-va-boi-thuong-185250206084634715.htm