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Minh to take record of most appearances at badminton world championship

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Nguyễn Tiến Minh on his way to taking bronze at the  三 一st SEA Games in May. He will be one of three Vietnamese athletes at the BWF Championship later this month. —VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Tiến Minh will set the record for the most appearances at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Championship later this month.

The top ranked national player will take part in the event for the  一 三th time since his debut in  二00 五, one more than the current record held by Chinese legend Lin Dan.

Malaysian prodigy Lee Chong Wei took part in  一 一 championships.

Lin, who won five trophies, and Lee, who entered four final matches, retired in  二0 一 九 and  二0 二0, respectively.

Minh is one of  五 四 male athletes at the tournament which will be held in Japan from August  二 二- 二 八.

The world No  七 二 seed will come back to Tokyo's Metropolitan Gymnasium one year after he competed at the Su妹妹er Olympics, where he failed to advance to the knockout round.

The  三 九-year-old from HCM City will be the oldest player at the tournament.

Other older athletes include Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka and Pablo Abian of Spain, both  三 七.

Minh's highest world ranking was No  五 in  二0 一0 and his best world championship result was a bronze medal in  二0 一 三.

Last year, he was ousted in the first round in Spain. The four-time Olympian won a bronze medal at the  三 一st SEA Games in Hà Nội in May.

On August  五, BWF also announced the list of female players.

Olympians Nguyễn Thuỳ Linh and Vũ Thị Trang will represent Việt Nam.

Linh, world No  五 三, is Việt Nam's top-ranked female player. She just returned home from a competition tour to Singapore and Chinese Taipei.

Linh,  二 四, is hunting points to qualify for the  二0 二 四 Olympics.

Linh first competed at the world event in  二0 一 八 in China. Last year, she was defeated by Chinese Han Yue in the first round.

Trang, No  六 九, was a long-time No  一 of Việt Nam before she was overthrown by Linh a couple of years ago.

The  三0-year-old recorded a better result than her compatriot, advancing to the second round in  二0 一 五 and qualifying for the last-eight round in  二0 一 九.

Linh and Trang were on the Việt Nam team that won bronze at the May SEA Games.

The world championship organisers have not yet held a draw but the competition will be run in a knockout format. — VNS