Olympic hero Sudaporn rewarded with Navy promotion
Sudaporn “Taew” Srisondee earned more than just a bronze medal on Thursday when her Olympic boxing campaign was halted in the 60kg semi-final by Kellie Harrington of Ireland.
Thailand’s second medal winner at the Tokyo Games also received prize money of 4.8 million baht and some good news from the Royal Thai Navy.
As a reward for her success, Sudaporn will be promoted from the rank of Navy ranger to sub-lieutenant as soon as she arrives back in Thailand.
Taew has a bachelor’s degree, which makes her eligible for the promotion to the rank of junior officer.
Thailand has now bagged two medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games – a gold won by Panipak “Tennis” Wongpattanakit in the womens 49kg taekwondo and a bronze won by Sudaporn “Taew” Seesondee in the women’s 60kg boxing.
Both athletes became millionaires overnight in Tokyo, as Thai medal-winners are awarded prize money from the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF). The awards are 12 million baht for a gold, 7.2 million baht for a silver and 4.8 million baht for a bronze.
Sports Authority governor Kongsak Yodmanee told the Nation-Thailand that the prize money is tax-free and considered a gift for athletes who bring fame to the country and joy to all Thais. They are also considered great role models for future generations.
“Medallists can choose to receive their prize money in two ways. First, they can receive half of the money in cash, and the other half in monthly instalments over four years,” said Kongsak.
“Or they can choose a one-time payment in cash, but in this case the prize money will be reduced to 10 million, 6 million and 4 million baht respectively.”
Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) plans to adapt Japan’s Olympic Games management for its 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), which Thailand will host in 2022, SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee said on Wednesday.
He revealed his plan of using the Tokyo Olympic Games’ management strategy as a model in preparation for AIMAG, or “Bangkok-Chonburi 2021”, in 2022.
“The Tokyo Olympic Games is the biggest sports competition arranged amid this Covid-19 pandemic,” Kongsak said. “As Thailand will be hosting the 6th AIMAG, the Sports Authority is gathering information on how Japan is managing the Games, especially in handling infected cases, implementing safety measures, and overall management.”
Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand Earlier, the Olympic Council of Asia had assigned Thailand to host AIMAG 2021, but it was postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic. Approximately 10,000 athletes from Asia and Asia Oceania are expected to compete in the indoor games running from March 10 to19, 2022. The competition will take place in Bangkok and Chonburi, with 29 main contests and two demonstration sports, with a total 309 coveted gold medals up for grabs.
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Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
De Grasse realizes gold dream in mens 200m, China remains atop medal count
Canadian sprinter Andre de Grasse redeemed his golden dream at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday night after winning the mens 200m final, while China saw a day of barren harvest but still leads the medal tally.
With one silver medal from the women’s duet artistic swimming, China now has 32 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes. The United States ranks second with 25 gold and 79 medals in total, followed by host Japan who has 21 gold and 40 medals overall.
De Grasse, who ran his fastest 100m time ever to capture a bronze medal three days ago, won his first Olympic gold by outpacing two Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles to finish in 19.62 seconds. He came second in this event behind Usain Bolt of Jamaica at Rio 2016.
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“I’ve been waiting for this moment. I’ve been training hard for this moment,” said the 26-year-old. “I knew the Americans were going to push me, and they were going to take me to a personal best.”
Bednarek took silver in a personal best of 19.68, with Lyles, the 2019 world champion, having to settle for bronze in 19.74.
In women’s duet artistic swimming, Svetlana Romashina and Svetlana Kolesnichenko won the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) the gold with a total score of 195.9079 points.
Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of ROC at the awarding ceremony for the artistic swimming duet competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 4, 2021.
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China’s Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan won their second Olympic duet silver at 192.4499 after the Rio Games. Marta Fiedina and Anastasiya Savchuk took bronze for Ukraine with 189.4620.
But China still stands a chance for gold in the coming days as its ever-victorious table tennis players booked a final slot in both men’s and women’s team events.
The Chinese women’s team claimed a straight-set win over Germany to set up a final clash against Mima Ito’s Japanese team, while their male counterparts whitewashed South Korea 3-0 to face Germany in the final, who upset Japan with a hard 3-2 win.
Wednesday also saw several world records shattered in athletic, cycling, weightlifting.
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Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze set three world records en route to win his second Olympic gold in the men’s over 109kg weightlifting, basically in a competition against himself.
Talakhadze met no challenge in the snatch as he hoisted 223kg in third attempt, one kilo more than his own world record. Then he extended the lead, beginning his solo in the clean and jerk after all the lifters finished their competition.
He jerked 245kg in his first attempt to nail the gold medal, but he did not stop and pushed himself to hoist a new world 265kg in his last lift. His total lifts of 488kg eclipsed the world record by three kilos. He also became the first Georgian to win multiple Olympic gold medals in any sport.
“I had a great dream and excitement to win the gold medal again and that dream came true again,” said Talakhadze, adding he will definitely compete at Paris 2024.
Ali Davoudi of Iran, the Asian champion this year, lifted a total of 441kg to claim the silver while the bronze went to Man Asaad of Syria at 424kg.
U.S. runner Sydney McLaughlin won the women’s 400m hurdles title in a world record time of 51.46 seconds, 0.44 seconds faster than the previous world record set by herself on June 27.
Her compatriot Dalilah Muhammad won the silver with personal best of 51.58, also bettering the previous world record of 51.90s. Femke Bol of the Netherlands took bronze in 52.03.
In track cycling, Italy also refreshed the world record of men’s team pursuit to win the gold in three minutes and 42.032 seconds, shattering the previous world and Olympic record of 3:42.307.
It is the first time in 61 years that Italy won an Olympic gold in the team event. The last time they were crowned Olympic champions was at Rome 1960 and their last time on the podium came at Mexico 1968 with a bronze.
Denmark took the silver and Australia bagged the bronze by defeating New Zealand, who lost a rider in a crash.
Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich completed a Kenya 1-2 in men’s 800m final. Korir crossed the finish line first at 1:45.06 to win Kenya’s fourth gold medal in a row in men’s 800m at the Olympic Games after in 2008, 2012 and 2016. Patryk Dobek of Poland won bronze.
Japan proved its strength in skateboarding after Sakura Yosozumi won the third gold for the host Japan in the women’s park final. The 19-year-old had an impressive first run in the final that earned her 60.09 points which no other skaters could match.
Another Japanese teenager Kokona Hiraki, 12, took silver with 59.04 points, while Britain’s 13-year-old Sky Brown wrapped up her performance with a 56.47-point showdown that secured her a bronze.
The one-two finish for Yosozumi and Hiraki put Japan firmly on top of the skateboarding medal tally, after Yuto Horigome and Momiji Nishiya won men’s and women’s street gold and Funa Nakayama added a bronze after Nishiya.
Japan also claimed its first gold in wrestling as Yukako Kawai won the women’s freestyle 62kg title
Kawai, 23, edged Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan 4-3 in the final, giving a record-extending 12th Olympic gold medal for Japan in women’s wrestling.
In the bronze medals matches, Ukraine’s Iryna Koliadenko defeated Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia while Mustafa Yusein Taybe took other bronze.
The men’s Greco-Roman 67kg title went to Mohammadreza Geraei of Iran, who shut-out Parviz Nasibov of Ukraine 9-1. It is the fourth Olympic title for Iran in Greco-Roman wrestling.
In the first event of the day, Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha won her first Olympic gold in women’s 10km marathon swimming in one hour 59 minutes 30.8 seconds, beating the silver medalist Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands by only 0.9 seconds.
Australia’s Kareena Lee took bronze and China’s Xin Xin finished 8th, after she recorded a fourth place in Rio and won the event at the 2019 World Championships.
“I accept the result, but I am a little disappointed with the ranking. As to the race, there were a lot of body contacts at the beginning, and it took so much energy, so I fell behind in the end,” said Xin.
The British crew of Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre won the women’s 470 gold medal. Poland’s Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Jolanta Ogar won silver, with France’s Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz taking bronze.
With silver at London 2012, gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 under her belt, Mills has become the most-decorated female sailor in Team GB history.
Already leading the overall classification heading into Wednesday’s medal race, Australia’s Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan sealed the men’s 470 gold in style by winning the medal race as well.
Second-placed Sweden, crewed by Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom, were close to the Aussies throughout the race and took the silver medal. Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez won the bronze for Spain.
In women park skateboard, Tokyo youngest Olympians lean on each other
TOKYO – When 13-year-old skateboarding phenom Sky Brown spoke after winning her bronze medal in women park Wednesday in the scorching Tokyo heat, it wasnt her usual manner of public address.
Brown wasn’t communicating directly to her audience on the video app TikTok (she has 1.3 million followers) or Instagram (she had 942,000 followers Wednesday morning and one million Wednesday afternoon). She was facing old-fashioned reporters, most of them men and most of them somewhere in the realm of at least 30 years her senior.
Brown, who lives in California, grew up in Japan and represents Britain thanks to her father’s lineage, had support systems at the ready.
The first was her dad, Stuart, who was able to accompany her in Tokyo because Olympians under 16 are permitted to bring a guardian to the Games. He stood off to the side during her interviews Wednesday, beaming under his mask, helping to remind his daughter when she was asked what he told her before her final run of the day and had forgotten – “Winning this contest doesn’t define you” – and stepping in to deflect questions from British reporters about his background – “This isn’t about Dad, is it?”
The second of the bronze medalist’s supporters was the gold medalist.
“Skyyyy!” Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi sang with delight when she finished her own informal news conference and encountered Brown just beginning hers a few feet away.
Yosozumi, 19, who won with a score of 60.09 and the silver medalist Kokona Hiraki, 12, who had a 59.04, faced an even larger contingent of reporters than Brown because they won Japan its fourth and fifth skateboarding medals of the Tokyo Olympics. Hiraki had the added draw of being the second-youngest athlete of the roughly 11,000 at these Games.
“I’m so stoked! I can’t believe it. It’s unbelievable, it feels like I dream,” said Brown, who earned third with 56.47. “I was definitely a little, like, I thought I was going to get it on the first or second run. I was a little shocked and a little like, ‘Am I going to make it?’ But Sakura, she really was like, ‘You got it, Sky. We know you’re going to make it. Go!’ That made me feel better.”
Women’s park skateboarding made its Olympic debut Wednesday with some of the youngest athletes at these Summer Games. The ages of the eight finalists were: 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 23, all skaters who dropped into a roughly swimming pool-sized bowl with differently shaped concrete mounds rising out of the cavity and performed tricks. Runs lasted 45 seconds, with the best score of each skater’s three runs determining her place in the standings.
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The skaters brought speed, highflying tricks, turns and cool poses Wednesday. And they had in abundance something that is rare to see at an Olympic venue: exuberant friendship among competitors from different countries.
There is a lot of falling in skateboarding, especially in the park discipline. But skateboarding is perhaps the only Olympic sport where falling is, without fail, accompanied by rousing cheers.
When the Chilean Josefina Tapia Varas fell in the first heat of the day, she earned a fist bump from Brazilian skater Dora Varella, who shrugged, stuck out her tongue and drew rowdy applause from the other skaters when she then fell a few runs later. One of the largest roars of the day came when American Bryce Wettstein took a major spill in the final coming down a ramp and splayed, belly on the concrete. A one-time favorite to win gold, Misugu Okamoto from Japan was hoisted on her competitors’ shoulders and feted after falling and finishing fourth.
“Skateboarding is such a good community,” 17-year-old American Brighton Zeuner said. “I’ve known pretty much all these girls since I was 9, 8 years old, and just being here with them is absolutely surreal. . . . We’re performers, and I think we need that good energy. It is competitive, but in a really healthy way. We’re all just there to watch it unfold, do our very best.”
Competitive skateboarding is a tight community already, bound by people who believe their sport is something closer to a lifestyle or art form than, well, a sport. That community is perhaps even closer knit among girls and women, who for years watched young White men received better promotion, bigger sponsorships and more opportunity to compete.
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The X Games, the sport’s biggest showcase before Tokyo 2020, didn’t make women’s park skateboarding an official event until 2003. This year’s Olympians grew up learning to skate together. They are so supportive of each other that California native Lizzie Armanto chose to represent her father’s country, Finland, because it left a spot open for another woman on Team USA.
“When I root for them,” Wettstein said, “I root for myself.”
Wednesday’s final, with its constant cheering and hugs along with the flips and tricks, felt at times more like a presentation than a competition: Here, world, is what skateboarding is all about.
But there was competition and showmanship among the friendship, too. Yosozumi earned the highest score of the day on her first run in the final, a powerful, clean showing that displayed technical prowess, and she thrust both fists in the air when she landed one particularly difficult trick.
The diminutive Brown is flippier than most of her competitors, bending low to gather speed, then going for big air and flashy tricks – she fell in her first and second run trying to nail a stunt in which she flips her board horizontally in her hands while her feet hover in midair. She nailed it in a flawless third run to seal the bronze.
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As Brown finally finished, she crouched into a ball on her board and held her head in her hands. When she popped up out of the bowl, Wettstein and Australian skater Poppy Olsen were the first to run over and celebrate, engulfing her in a hug. The two Brazilian finalists joined shortly after, followed by the rest of the young skaters standing nearby. No one was looking at the scoreboard.
“Ministry donates necessities to Phuket field hospital”
The Tourism and Sports Ministry on Monday donated necessities including towels, fans and toilet paper to the field hospital in Phuket Rajabhat University.
Also on Monday, BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrived in Phuket after participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
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BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrivedPanipak WongpattanakitField Hospital
Patty, Ariya hit trouble in Thai quest for Olympic golf medal
Thailand’s bid for a third medal in the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 got off to a shaky start as major champions Patty Tavatanakit and Ariya Jutanugarn endured a dismal performance after the opening round the women’s golf at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on Wednesday.
2021 ANA Inspiration winner Patty or Paphangkorn swapped two birdies (hole 1 and 12) with two bogeys (hole 6 and 11) to start the tournament with an even par 71 for tied 23rd while 2016 Women’s British Open and 2018 U.S. Women’s Open victor Ariya committed six bogeys for a disastrous 77 that saw her at bottom 58th alongside Tiffany Chan of Hong Kong.
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Thailand is in the hunt for more Games medal after Panipak Wongpattanakit won the gold medal from the women’s taekwondo 57kg and boxer Sudaporn Seesondee is guaranteed with a bronze in the women’s boxing under 60kg.
World No 75 Madeline Sagstorm of Sweden, winner on the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio dominated the first round of the par 71 6,648 yard course with a flawless 66, a shot ahead of world No 1 Nelly Korda of the US and Aditi Ashok of India.
Despite a moderate start, world No 13 Patty was content with her form and still believed the gap was not too big to catch up.
Ariya Jutanugarn
“Even I didn’t shoot score, but I’m still in a good position. Playing for Thailand in such a big event makes me so proud. It feels similar to playing for my college,” said the former UCLA Bruins student.
“The course is quite firm and a bit fast. My putter just didn’t work today. I wish I could have support from fans as playing without an audience feels strange,” said the 21-year-old.
World No 21 Ariya who had to retire after two rounds in the 2016 Rio Games due to injuries was no where near her best as she struggled to hit the fairways amidst the extreme condition.
Panipak Wongpattanakit
“It was so hot out there. I didn’t hit the tee shots well which made it difficult for me to play,” said Ariya who won two LPGA titles this season, one at home in Pattaya and the other with her elder sister Moriya at the Dow Great Lakes Bay International in Michigan.
However, unlike playing for herself, representing the country put the former world No 1 under tense which explained why she was struggling on the day.
“Even though this is my second Olympics and I’m honoured, I feel the pressure which is always my problem. I pushed myself too much but the result turned the other way around. I have so much work to do in the next three days. But first thing first, I have to fix my tee shots,” Ariya said.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
The Thai public’s interest in the Tokyo Olympic Games came in a far second after the Covid-19 pandemic, the results of a July survey by the Sports Authority of Thailand showed on Tuesday.
During the month, only 15 per cent of Thai netizens, inside and outside the kingdom, showed interest in the Olympics, while 70 per cent closely followed news to do with the escalating Covid-19 crisis.
The survey indicated that there was high active online communication only when Thai athletes competed or received a coveted medal.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Netizens also praised coaches, while the amount of prize money didn’t fail to catch attention. Meanwhile, a lot of criticism was aimed at the uniform Thai athletes were made to wear, with many on social media saying the attire needed to be improved for “better functioning and images”.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Panipak Wongpattanakit bagged a gold medal in the women’s 49kg taekwando competition on the first day of the Games, while Sudaporn Seesondee is guaranteed Thailand’s second medal in the women’s lightweight (60kg) boxing contest. Young Thai female golfers are also hoping to bag medals in their August 4-7 competition.
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Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situationOnly 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situationOnly 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Day 11 roundup: Thompson-Herah repeats golden double as China remains atop medal standings
With 32 golds, 21 silvers and 16 bronzes in total, China still sits atop the medal tally and exceeds the gains in Rio.
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a golden double of the 100m and 200m races at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday, as China claimed three gold medals to equal its second best record at an overseas Olympics.
China now sits atop the medal tally with 32 golds, 21 silvers and 16 bronzes, matching its gold tally at the Athens 2004 Games. With still five days to go, the Chinese stand a chance to close in on their previous best haul – 38 golds from London 2012.
The United States ranks second with 24 gold and 73 medals overall. Host Japan has 19 gold and a total of 36 medals.
Jamaican sprinter Thompson-Herah successfully defended her 200m crown with a time of 21.53 seconds, becoming the first woman to win the 100m and 200m sprint double at two Olympic Games, and the first woman to win four gold medals in individual events in athletics.
“It’s amazing that I have ever seen this day that I could complete another double. I can’t believe it,” said a high-spirited Thompson-Herah, who won the 100m gold on Sunday.
China won its fifth gold in diving when Xie Siyi and Wang Zongyuan made a Chinese 1-2 finish in the men’s 3m springboard. Xie finished first with 558.75 points, followed by Wang at 534.90 points.
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Competing in his first Olympics, Xie burst into tears after his final dive.
“For me, so many things have taken place before I came here,” said the 25-year-old.
“I had to make a psychological adjustment in a short time, whether in training or competing. The fact that I’ve had many injuries along the way is also a factor. At that moment, I felt like all the stress and burden I was carrying has been relieved.”
Xie was the first current world champion in the event to win Olympic gold since 1988.
After paring up with Wang for the gold in 3m springboard synchronised on July 28, Xie became the first male diver to win both individual and synchronised events at the same Olympic Games since China’s Xiong Ni in 2000.
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China has won this event in five of the past six Olympic Games, except the gold in 2012 won by Russia.
In gymnastics, Zou Jingyuan topped the men’s parallel bars competition with 16.233 points, followed by German Lukas Dauser in 15.700 points. Turkey’s Ferhat Arican took bronze in 15.633 points.
23-year-old Zou, who placed first in the qualification, received an unparalleled 9.333 in execution score in the final, securing the second gymnastics gold for China in Tokyo.
China’s You Hao, the silver medalist in the rings final, finished fourth in 15.466 points.
Zou’s teammates Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing clinched gold and silver medals respectively on the women’s balance beam.
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16-year-old Guan, a balance beam specialist, topped the competition in 14.633 points, trailed by Tang with 14.233 points.
“I actually never expected that I would get a medal. My coach said, ‘this is your first time in the Olympics and no one knows you so just go in and do your best,'” said Guan.
U.S. gymnastics superstar Simone Biles, who dramatically withdrew during the women’s team final last week and was struggling with “twisties,” finally returned and won bronze on the beam.
“The only reason I could do beam was because there was no twisting, so thank god for that,” explained Biles.
“It was just coming off, we weren’t sure what we were going to do or to compete in the final because I had to pull out of all the other finals because of that reason,” she added.
In athletics, Norway’s Karsten Warholm broke the world record to win the men’s 400m hurdles final.
Coming into the race as the favorite after breaking the 29-year-old world record a month ago, Warholm crossed the finishing line first and lowered his own world record of 46.70 seconds by 0.76 seconds.
In cycling, team Germany refreshed the world record for track women’s team pursuit to win the gold.
The German cyclists covered the 4,000m distance in four minutes and 04.242 seconds, shattering the previous world and Olympic record of 4:06.159 set by themselves in the heat earlier on Tuesday, beating Britain to the second place in 4:10.607.
In men’s football, Brazil advanced to the final for the third straight time after seeing off Mexico through a penalty shoot-out. Spain scored an extra-time winner to beat host Japan 1-0 in the other semifinal.
Georgian shot putter Benik Abramyan has been provisionally suspended from the Tokyo Olympics after returning a positive doping test, according to the International Testing Agency.
Abramyan tested positive for dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone and metandienone, and tamoxifen in an out-of-competition sample conducted on July 31, his 36th birthday.
He was barred from the shot put qualifying but has the right to request the testing of his B-sample and appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Xie Siyi (Rear) and Wang Zongyuan of China hug each other after the men’s 3m springboard final of diving at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Zou Jingyuan of China poses for photos during the awarding ceremony for the artistic gymnastics men’s parallel bars final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Guan Chenchen (C), Tang Xijing (L) of China and Simone Biles of the United States react during the awarding ceremony after the artistic gymnastics women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Simone Biles of the United States competes during the artistic gymnastics women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
(From L to R) Silver medalist Rai Benjamin of the United States, gold medalist Karsten Warholm of Norway and bronze medalist Alison dos Santos of Brazil pose for a photo on the awarding ceremony of the men’s 400m hurdles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Patty, May have eyes on gold as they tee off today at Tokyo Olympics
Thai golfing pros Paphangkorn “Patty” Tavatanakit and Ariya “May” Jutanugarn are hitting the course at the Tokyo Olympics as they vie for a gold medal in the women’s individual category on Wednesday.
They will need to bag 72 holes across four days at the 6,648-yard, par 71 Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama prefecture.
Paphangkorn, who is ranked 13th in the world, is in group 15 together with Australia’s Minjee Lee, the winner of the Evian Championship, and Germany’s Sophia Popov.
She tees off at 10.14am local time, or 8.14am Thailand time.
Meanwhile, Ariya, who is ranked 21st in the world, will be in group 16 together with South Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda.
She will take the course at 10.25am local time, or 8.25am Thailand time.
Golfers who are the favourites to win gold include world No 1 Nelly Korda from the US and world No 2 Ko Jin-young from South Korea.
The other contestants capturing media attention are South Korea’s Inbee Park, gold medal winner at the Rio Games 2016, and host Japan’s Nasa Hataoka.
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Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
Japan’s Olympic Games management to be adapted for AIMAG hosted by Thailand
Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of ROC at the awarding ceremony for the artistic swimming duet competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 4, 2021.
BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrived
Panipak Wongpattanakit
Field Hospital
Ariya Jutanugarn
Panipak Wongpattanakit
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
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