“Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung won a ticket to the Rio Olympics yesterday after her victory against Taiwanese fencer Tiffany Dell’Aquila in the sabre final of the Asia-Pacific zone qualification.

“Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung.

Dung’s victory confirmed a third ticket to Rio this summer for Vietnamese fencers after Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa (epee) and Vu Thanh An (sabre) secured their own tickets on Monday. Hoa topped the competition in her category and An earned a spot among the top three.

Nguyen Tien Nhat (epee), who was the first Vietnamese fencer to qualify for the Olympics back in 2012, will miss out on Rio after his defeat against Alexander Chernykh from Kyrgysztan yesterday. 

VNS