At the same time, Vietnam  received more bad news  when female fencer Le Dung and springboard player  Thanh Tra also failed to earn a ticket to the Olympics.

With a time of 1.04.18 minutes in the qualifier round and 1.04.35 minutes in the final round (ranking 4^th for the entire race), Huu Viet’s record at the Open Malaysia Swimming Tournament is far from the B standard  of Olympics 2008 (1.03.72 minutes) and below his own record set at 24^th SEA Games  (1.03.83 minutes).

At the National Swimming Championship 2007, Huu Viet broke the national record for men’s 100m breaststroke (1.03.63 minutes) but as the tournament is not in the International Swimming Federation’s playing system, Huu Viet’s record was not recognised.

According to Vice Chairman cum Secretary General  of the Vietnam  Olympic  Committee, the failure of Vietnamese  top sportsmen like Huu Viet, Le Dung or Thanh Tra is a failure of methodology, not strategy.

Giang also said that weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan has only a 99% chance to attend the Olympics, not 100%. He didn’t explain about the 1% remaining, but according to some sources, Hoang Anh Tuan still has to wait for doping test results.

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