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HANOI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of 247 fencers from Asia and Oceania, born in 1994 or later, will vie for medals at the 6th Asian Under 23 Fencing Championships slated for starting here on Thursday.
Twenty-one delegations with 139 men fencers and 108 women athletes have registered to compete at the championships which will take place at the Indoor Games Gymnasium in Hanoi from Oct. 26-31, the Vietnamese General Department of Sports and Physical Training said on Tuesday.
Forty-five Vietnamese fencers will vie for medals at the tournament's all events.
Vietnam's best performances at Asian Under 23 Fencing Championships were a gold medal won by Vu Thanh An in 2015 in Mongolia, and another gold grabbed by Nguyen Tien Nhat in 2012 in Japan.
