British Olympic silver medalist Ujah provisionally suspended after positive test during Games
China could bag a medal from the Tokyo Olympic Games mens 4x100m relay as silver medalist British team saw its relay member Chijindu Ujah provisionally suspended for positive doping test.
British sprinter Chijindu Ujah who won the men’s 4x100m relay silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, has been suspended provisionally due to a positive test during the Games.
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revealed on Thursday that following the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the doping control laboratory in Tokyo notified the the International Testing Agency (ITA) that Ujah’s test showed the “presence/use of a prohibited substance (Ostarine and S-23)”.
The 27-year-old Ujah ran the first leg for the British team which finished second after champions Italy in a margin of 0.01 second.
The sample was collected by the ITA under during an in-competition anti-doping control on Aug. 6 in Tokyo, following the final of the men’s 4 x 100m relay final. The result was reported by the WADA-accredited laboratory of Tokyo on Aug. 8.
“If requested by the athlete and if the B-sample analysis confirms the AAF, or alternatively if the athlete does not wish to have the B-sample analysis undertaken, the case will be referred to the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) for adjudication under the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (IOC ADR),” said the ITA.
Italy took the gold medal of the men’s 4x100m while Canada bagged a bronze on Aug. 6. China came fourth.
“Solid victory”: Thailand’s golden taekwondo coach gets new name
The South Korean coach who steered Thailand to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in taekwondo has been granted a new Thai name at one of the country’s most sacred temples.
Choi Young-seok was given the name “Chatchai” by Somdet Phra Maha Rajjamangalamuni (Somdet Thongchai), the assistant abbot of Wat Traimit.
The naming ceremony took place on Thursday in the Bangkok temple famed for its Golden Buddha statue, Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon.
In attendance was Panipak Wongpattanakit, the taekwondo exponent whom Choi guided to Thailand’s only gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Also there to witness the honour granted to Choi was Taekwondo Association of Thailand president Pimol Srivikorn and Thailand taekwondo exponent Ramnarong Sawekwiharee.
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The South Korean coach is in the process of achieving his long-held dream of becoming a Thai citizen.
“I want to be Thai and want to be known as a Thai Olympic medal-winning coach, not a Korean coach for the Thai national team,” he told reporters early this year.
The Thailand taekwondo team arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday (August 11) after self-isolating in Phuket for 14 days following their campaign in Tokyo.
Choi will submit a request to use his new name with Royal Thai Police on Friday. Chatchai means “solid victory” in Thai.
Ugandas Tokyo Olympic medal winners receive heroic welcome home
Ugandas medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics received a heros welcome home on Tuesday.
Uganda’s Olympic medallists team acknowledge greetings from crowds in Kampala, Uganda
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Peruth Chemutai (L), who won gold in the women’s 10,000m final at Tokyo Olympics, and Jacob Kiplimo who took bronze in the men’s 10,000m final, leave Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, Aug. 10, 2021.
Joshua Cheptegei (R), who won gold in the men’s 5,000m final and silver in the men’s 10,000m at Tokyo Olympics, acknowledges greetings from crowds in Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 10, 2021.
Joshua Cheptegei (L), who won gold in the men’s 5,000m final and silver in the men’s 10,000m at Tokyo Olympics, leaves Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, Aug. 10, 2021.
Phuket offers ‘Olympic buffet’ of 7 sports for visitors to try
The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) is inviting Thais and foreigners in Phuket to try seven different sports at its post-Olympics festival over the next three weeks.
“SAT-Phuket New Normal for Sports Excellence” runs from this Friday to October 7 at the new public exercise area outside Central Festival Phuket department store. From 11.30am to 7.30pm every day, sport stations will offer surfskating, Thai boxing, golf, cycling, basketball, table tennis and badminton. All trainers are professional and sports equipment is provided, the SAT said.
Different sports will be available to try each week, so people can visit more than one time without being bored, it added.
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Phuket offers ‘Olympic buffet’ of 7 sports for visitors to tryPhuket offers ‘Olympic buffet’ of 7 sports for visitors to try
Analysis: Whats behind Italys record Olympic medal haul from Tokyo?
As Italy finished strongly at the Tokyo Olympics with 40 total medals, including 10 golds, the Italian Olympic Committee, experts and local media try to analyze the countrys sporting success.
Italy’s headline-grabbing success at the Tokyo Olympics may have added to the country’s sports bragging rights this summer. But there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on what is behind its record haul of Olympic medals.
When the Olympics concluded on Sunday, Italy had 10 gold medals, equal to France, Germany, and the Netherlands by that measure. But with 40 total medals – including 10 silver and 20 bronze medals – Italy became the first among the 27 European Union member states.
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The total was also a dozen more than the country earned at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and four more than the previous national record set at the 1960 Rome Games. Based on total medals, Italy was seventh in the final ranking.
But there’s no clear-cut theory on why the country’s athletes did so well.
According to Giovanni Malago, president of the Italian Olympic Committee, smart investments and organization are behind the wave of Olympic victories.
“Over the last several years, when we make a commitment we see it through to the end,” Malago told local newspaper Corriere della Sera. “We have made major efforts to organize sporting events around the country and we have given visibility to companies that have trusted us, and now, today the credibility of Italian sports is at the highest level.”
Il Fatto Quotidiano, another leading newspaper, speculated that the successes come from a changing focus on athletes, noting that the country earned no medals at all in fencing, shooting, and the team sports – usually Italian strongholds – but instead took in record hauls in swimming and track and field. The newspaper noted that Italy’s 40 medals came from 19 different sports, more than the medals in 17 sports, the previous record for Italy, from Athens in 2004.
“This is a tangible sign of how sport in Italy is headed in a new direction,” the newspaper said.
The point is well taken: Italy’s victory in the men’s 100 meters came from the country’s first-ever appearance in that Olympic final. The men’s 4×100-meter relay gold was the first for the country. High-jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who tied for first in the event with Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, was the first Italian to ever earn a medal in his event. Italy also won both 20-kilometer race walks, with Antonella Palmisano winning the women’s title and Massimo Stano taking the men’s crown.
According to Giovanna Russo, a professor of sports sociology at the University of Bologna, the Italian team’s diversity was a major factor.
“We can look at the gold medal-winning 4×100 meter relay team that was a microcosm of the team as a whole,” Russo told Xinhua, referring to the team that featured 100-meter gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs, born in the United States to an African-American father and an Italian mother; Fausto Desalu, born in Italy to Nigerian parents; together with Lorenzo Patta and anchor Filippo Tortu, who are of fully Italian descent.
“I look at the success at the Olympics as a symbol of the new, more inclusive Italy,” she said.
But Antonio Polito, a columnist for Corriere della Sera, took a different view. While Polito praised the winners, he also gave the credit to a new, young generation of Italians – and not just athletes. Polito noted that before the Olympics this summer saw unusual success in winning football’s European Championships, earning a spot in the Wimbledon tennis final for the first time, and even winning the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 1990.
“Unlike other countries, there aren’t many areas of Italian life where young people have an advantage over older generations,” Polito told Xinhua. “Italy is no longer a place where a hard-working young person without connections can hope to excel in the workplace. But our youth unemployment is among the highest in the industrialized world. There is no future for young people in politics. So all the talent and enthusiasm is being funneled into a few key areas, like sports or music. Areas where success is based on merit.”
Polito said this change has not helped Italy to over-achieve at the Olympics, but rather to take its rightful place among its peers.
“Italy’s success seems strongest compared to its previous results, not compared to other countries,” he said.
“In terms of medals Italy was more or less tied with France and Germany, countries with broadly similar-sized populations and economies,” Polito said. “Great Britain, another country with a similar-sized population and economy, did better than Italy. The Netherlands’ population is less than a third of Italy’s and they did as well as Italy did. Australia has less than half Italy’s population and they did better than Italy.”
Polito went on: “Italy didn’t really exceed expectations,” he said. “We basically had the level of success we should have had. But that’s a new thing.”
Six-time Ballon dOr winner Messi lands in France to join PSG
Lionel Messi arrived at Le Bourget airport in the northeastern suburbs of Paris on Tuesday afternoon to finalize his signing with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
Lionel Messi arrived at Le Bourget airport in the northeastern suburbs of Paris on Tuesday afternoon to finalize his signing with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, following his tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday.
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Hundreds of fans have been waiting at the airport since Monday as the 34-year-old Argentine has been linked with the capital-based club right after his shock departure from Barcelona was announced.
PSG released a video later in the afternoon on its Twitter which heavily implied that the signing is completed.
TAT relaunches special golf tournaments for expats in Thailand
The Amazing Thailand Expat Golf Tournament Series will be held at the Blue Canyon Country Club, Phuket on 18 August, 2021.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will relaunch another tournament, which was expanded from the Minister Cup 2021, for all expat golfers in the Kingdom.
The Amazing Thailand Expat Golf Tournament Series will be held at the Blue Canyon Country Club, Phuket on 18 August, 2021. The Tournament aims to promote sports tourism in particular golfing experiences in the Kingdom among expatriate residents. Moreover, the Tournament will be organised with the safety and hygienic measures of the Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration (SHA) certification, which is used to assess 10 types of businesses and also includes sports for tourism.
The Minister of Tourism and Sports, H.E. Mr. Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, aims to promote these events to both international and domestic tourists, especially for expats in Thailand, to ensure that the Kingdom remains a Preferred Destination. He also mentioned that the tournaments are being organised in line with the Royal Thai Government’s ‘Stay Play Safe’ policy under a collaboration between the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Ministry of Public Health, and other tourism-related public and private organisations to build confidence in Thailand’s public health measures against COVID-19, while strengthening the economy with stimulus packages.
To promote tourism destinations and activities to the expat community in the Kingdom, TAT has been showcasing a variety of events through a series of experiential trips and tourism promotions. These have included: a trip to Khung Bang Kachao, the “Lung of Bangkok” on 29 August, 2020; the Expat Fair 2020 (Expat Travel Deal 2020) at the EmQuartier shopping mall in Bangkok on 11-13 September, 2020; a trip to Chiang Khan, Loei province on 10-11 October, 2020; the Ratchaburi canal tour on 28 November, 2020, and the Minister Cup 2021 at the Alpine Golf Club in Pathum Thani province on 4 April, 2021, to name but a few.
Air Force chief promotes Olympic taekwondo queen Panipak
Air Chief Marshal Airbull Suthiwan, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, presided over an official ceremony to present the rank of Pilot Officer to Olympic taekwondo champion Panipak “Tennis” Wongpattanakit on Monday.
Panipak, from Surat Thani, grabbed Thailand’s only gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics with a last-gasp kick against Spain’s Adriana Cerezo Iglesias in the 49kg final.
The Air Force also arranged a flight to take coaches and athletes from Phuket back to Bangkok, since commercial airlines have stopped flying the route due to Covid restrictions.
Panipak was rewarded with the promotion after winning Thailand’s first-ever Olympic medal in the Korean martial art.
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Bronze-medal winner Sudaporn to buy house for beloved mother
Sudaporn “Taew” Seesondee, Thailand’s first Olympic female boxing medallist, said she will spend 4 million baht on buying a new house in Udon Thani as a gift for her beloved mother.
Taew also vowed to donate 500,000 baht for Udon Thani hospitals to purchase medical supplies.
“My mother worked hard to look after me after my father died, so now I will do as much as I can to repay her for her kindness,” she said.
The boxer will be handed 4.8 million baht as a bonus for winning a bronze medal.
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Taew said she was thrilled to be able to fulfil her dream, adding that all her efforts and sacrifices had been worth it after she stood on the podium in Tokyo.
Like female taekwondo gold medalist Panipak “Tennis” Wongpattanakit, she said her historic bronze medal was for all Thai people.
She also set her sights on more Olympic glory at the 2024 Games in France.
“If possible, I want to perform better than I did this time,” she said.
She also thanked Thailand National Sports University for granting her a scholarship to study for a philosophy doctorate.
Sudaporn won her medal in the women’s lightweight (60kg) boxing on Sunday afternoon and carried the Thai flag at the closing ceremony later in the evening.
Phuket offers ‘Olympic buffet’ of 7 sports for visitors to try
Phuket offers ‘Olympic buffet’ of 7 sports for visitors to try
Air Force chief promotes Olympic taekwondo queen Panipak
Air Force chief promotes Olympic taekwondo queen Panipak
Air Force chief promotes Olympic taekwondo queen Panipak
Olympic hero Sudaporn receives surprise gift from Princess Sirivannavari
Olympic hero Sudaporn receives surprise gift from Princess Sirivannavari
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