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Myanmar to send 7 athletes to Rio Olympics

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar will send seven athletes to compete in the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, U Kyi Soe Lin, assistant director of Ministry of Health and Sport, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

The seven Myanmar athletes will compete in swimming, athletics, shootting, judo and archery of the Rio Olympics which are to be held from August 5 to 21.

Those athletes have been undergoing training since November 2015. The archery and shooting teams are expected to score good results, according to the official.

Four years ago, six Myanmar athletes attended the London Olympics.

Except for the 1976 Olympics, Myanmar has participated in all summer Olympic Games since 1948, without any medal, but never attended any Winter Olympic Games. Endit