Thai discus queen throws seasons best but misses out on Olympic final
Five-time SEA Games gold medalist Subenrat Insaeng has vowed to keep working on her fitness for next years Asian Games in China after she ended her discus challenge in 18th place at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.
The 27-year-old from Surat Thani who cut 28 kilograms to slim down to 98kg for the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 threw a distance of 59.23 metres to finish 12th in group B and 18th overall. Although it was her season’s best attempt, it was not far enough to book her a spot in the final.
“I was unable to break the national record and my personal best of 61.97 metres. But it was not a bad result after all, as this is my best distance this year,” said Subenrat, who improved from the 56.64 m she achieved in the 2016 Rio Games, where she signed off in 24th place.
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The 2017 Asian Championships silver medalist, however, said she is going in the right direction with her fitness programme, which contributed to her result in Tokyo.
“I feel stronger and haven’t lost my power despite being 28kg lighter. I just have to work on some errors and techniques,” she added.
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Subenrat said she will keep working on her fitness and her diet programme in order to produce better results in the 2022 Asian Games in China, 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“If I get stronger, I believe I can improve my throwing distance. Right now, I’m being very selective about my diet, eating vegetables, fish and low-fat food. I eat fried food only once in a while and will only take a sip of soda, instead of drinking the whole bottle like in the past,” she said.
BAT chief hails Thai fighting spirit as Olympics ends in tears and no medals for shuttlers
Badminton Association of Thailand President (BAT) Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul insists her players still hit their target despite none yielding a medal in the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020.
The Thai badminton chief spoke out after the Kingdom’s last hope, Ratchanok Intanon, lost a gruelling women’s singles quarter-final match to world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 21-14 18-21 18-21 on Friday. Ratchanok’s elimination from the Games meant Thailand ended their badminton crusade in Tokyo empty-handed.
Earlier, fellow Thai shuttler Busanan Ongbamrungphan was ousted by world No 8 An Se Young of South Korea 15-21 15-21 in the women’s round of 16 while mixed doubles world No 2 Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai were upset by Japanese world No 5 Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21-15 16-21 14-21 in the quarter-finals. Kantapon Wangcharoen, in men’s singles, and Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai, in women’s doubles, did not survive the group stage.
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Patama, however, said that her players lived up to expectations even though badminton was among the potential sources of medals for Thailand, along with taekwondo, boxing and golf.
“Overall, our players did a good job in this Olympics. We reached the quarter-finals in three events, which was our target from the beginning,” said Khunying Patama, who is visiting Tokyo as an International Olympic Committee member.
The BAT president also complimented the Thai players on their fighting spirit in representing the country against high-profile opponents.
“Ratchanok showed all the fans at home that she fought really hard on Friday against the world no 1 player, Tai. Dechapol and Sapsiree, on their part, were drawn to face a tough Japanese duo and lost. It was a pity,” said Khunying Patama.
“We saw Ratchanok cry on court after the match. I want to tell her that we all think the same – that she did her best representing Thailand. I could not hold back my own tears seeing her cry like that,” she added.
The badminton boss also expressed her regret at failing to produce a medal for Thai fans but vowed her team would come back strong at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The Thai badminton team will next compete in the Sudirman Cup Finals in Finland from September 26-October 3, the Thomas & Huber Cups in Denmark from October 9-16 and the World Championships in Spain from December 12-19.
Kieran finishes 23rd in Tokyo Olympics 10,000m run
Thai distance runner Kieran Tuntivate on Friday finished 23rd in a field of 25 athletes in the 10,000 metres race at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kieran finished the race in 29:01.92 minutes.
Solomon Berga of Ethiopia, won the race in 27.43.22.
Although Kieran was not seen as a medal contender, he has been in the spotlight as a representative of the country. His love relationship with Abbe Goldstein has also been in media focus.
Goldstein, like Kieran, is a Harvard University alumnus and runner. The two reportedly met each other at the university’s athletics camp.
Both Kieran and Goldstein were members of the Bowerman Track Club, an American training group sponsored by Nike for professional distance runners.
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Kieran finishes 23rd in Tokyo Olympics 10,000m run
Countdown to Beijing 2022 | Beijing 2022 competition venues ready to shape and shine
Six year on from the successful Beijing 2022 bid, the competition venues are ready to welcome athletes to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
As Beijing marks its sixth anniversary of winning the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games on July 31, the Beijing 2022 organizers held a press conference here on Friday to give an update on the venue construction of the Beijing Games.
A total of 39 venues will be used for Beijing 2022, including 12 competition venues, three training venues and 24 non-competition venues.
By the end of last year, permanent facilities for the 12 competition venues had been completed. In contrast, most of the non-competition venues have been completed and some are almost completed, which received positive feedback from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), international institutions and athletes.
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DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
As the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Games, it becomes possible for Beijing to make maximum use of the legacy of the 2008 Games. Among the 14 Olympic legacies used for the 2022 Games, 10 are venues and four are land heritages.
In order to fulfill the commitment of delivering a green Olympics, all the new indoor venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics have met certain criteria and awarded the green building three-star design evaluation mark, which according to Liu Yumin, head of the planning and construction department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG), equals the international LEED Gold standard, with other existing venues met the two-star standard.
By the end of 2020, all the venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics have realized 100% green electricity supply through wind power and photovoltaic installations, achieving 100% green power for the first time in Olympic history.
Of the eight ice venues and 10 ice surfaces to be used at the Beijing Games, nine surfaces of seven venues use environmentally friendly refrigerants with carbon dioxide ice-making technology being used in four venues. It is the first time in the Winter Olympic history to use the world’s most advanced, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient ice-making technology.
The National Aquatics Center, locally known as “Water Cube” has now transformed into the “Ice Cube” with four Winter Olympics standard curling sheets.
According to Liu Haifeng, deputy director of the organizing group in Zhangjiakou, snow sports venues in the Zhangjiakou competition zone will realize a low energy consumption and make full use of renewable resources by implementing green design concepts and merging existing natural resources.
Beijing Winter Olympic Venues feature green design and inherit the concept of natural mountain forests. According to Liu Haifeng, deputy director of the office of the Leading group for organizing the Winter Olympic Games in Zhangjiakou, the winter Olympic venues in Zhangjiakou will be built with low energy consumption and make full use of renewable resources to achieve harmony with the natural environment. “We have taken a lot of measures to respect the original natural environment and minimize disturbance to the environment during the construction of the snow-covered venues,” Liu said.
With Chinese elements integrated into the design of the venues, the Beijing Winter Games Olympics will also become a platform to introduce Chinese culture further. The “Big Air” platform at the National Ski Jumping Center, the National Sliding Center, and the National Ski Jumping Center all feature exquisite cultural elements that derived from a profound and distinct cultural flavor.
The National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou City, locally known as the “Snow Ruyi”, will host the ski jumping and Nordic combined events during the Beijing Winter Games.
FOR THE PEOPLE
Reserving the venues for future use after the Olympics and serving the people in the long-term run was part of BOCOG’s initiative.
As introduced by Yu Dequan, deputy director of Beijing Major Projects Construction Headquarters Office, post-Games usage had been well-considered ahead and throughout the planning and construction process it was assured that the venues meet the demands both during and after the Winter Games, creating an environment to engage more people in winter sports.
Despite a partial exercise of the ice surface in the National Speed Skating Oval during the Winter Games, the 12,000 square meters big ice surface will become a playground for many after the Games. Events at the “Big Air” platform at the National Ski Jumping Center are scheduled to take place all during the day at Beijing 2022, but a lighting system has been deployed for post-Olympics events.
Meanwhile, in Zhangjiakou, the city will rely on the existing venues in the Zhangjiakou competition zone and the snow and ice sports talents trained to promote its sports, culture and tourism, striving to become a “sports city”.
The flexible DC grid project in Beijing and Zhangjiakou will be able to provide 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to Beijing every year, one-tenth of the city’s annual electricity consumption.
“It means that Beijing will save 4.9 million tons of coal and reduce 12.8 million tons of carbon dioxide every year,” said Yu. “All the people in Beijing will become participants and beneficiaries of the low-carbon environmental campaign.”
ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL BECOMES POSSIBLE
In order to deliver a Paralympic Games as splendid as the Olympics, BOCOG has made a huge effort to provide accessible facilities in all venues.
Yang Jinkui, director of the Paralympics Department of BOCOG introduced that accessible facilities at 12 competition venues and three Winter Olympic Villages have been completed along with the main construction of the venues.
Up to now, 227 accessible elevators, 496 accessible restrooms, 158 toilet booths, 863 accessible rooms, 45 accessible fitting rooms and 152 wheelchair ramps have been built in the competition venues and the three Winter Olympic and Paralympic Villages. The number of accessible seats has also met the requirements for the operation of the Games.
Skaters compete during the speed skating test program at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2021.
“Through the Beijing Winter Games preparations, accessibility has been and will be continuously improved in Beijing and Zhangjiakou,” Yang added.
Prajanchai Outlasts Sam-A To Capture ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Title
ONE Championship™ (ONE) returned Friday, 30 July, with ONE: BATTLEGROUND, which aired live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The show featured five exciting mixed martial arts contests and a main event showdown for the ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Title.
In the main event, Thai phenom Prajanchai PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym upset the legendary Sam-A Gaiyanghadao to claim the ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Title.
Prajanchai started the bout off strong, showcasing his trademark speed and power. A straight right hand down the middle sent Sam-A crashing to the canvas in the first round, scoring a knockdown for the ONE Super Series debutant.
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Sam-A picked up the pace at the end of round three, as the two warriors traded combinations across the Circle. Rounds four and five were intense, as both men poured it on in the championship rounds. In the end, Prajanchai took home the victory by majority decision.
In the co-main event, former two-division ONE World Champion Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang authored a spectacular first-round knockout of top middleweight contender Leandro “Wolf” Ataides. After Ataides scored with an explosive takedown, Aung La worked back up to his feet, where he cornered his Brazilian adversary and unloaded a furious boxing combination. The final punch – a right hook – crumpled Ataides to the canvas, and the referee called a halt to the contest. It was a statement win for the Myanmar superstar after losing both of his World Title belts.
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Pan-American Wrestling Champion Gustavo “El Gladiador” Balart routed ONE Warrior Series contract winner Ryuto “Dragon Boy” Sawada, pummeling his opponent across three grueling rounds. Balart utilized his elite grappling to control Sawada across the second and third frames, dominating at every juncture to score a unanimous decision.
Indian wrestling sensation Ritu “The Indian Tigress” Phogat returned to the winner’s circle with an impressive performance against “MMA Sister” Lin Heqin. Phogat used her superior grappling skills to overpower Lin on the mat and pounded her out from various positions. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Phogat to win by unanimous decision, snapping Lin’s 11-fight winning streak.
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Jeremy “The Juggernaut” Pacatiw of Team Lakay was successful in his ONE Championship debut, dominating “The Ghost” Chen Rui across three rounds. Pacatiw used his movement to attack Chen with powerful right hands from range. Chen found his rhythm late in the third, but Pacatiw defended well. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Pacatiw to win by unanimous decision.
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Seventeen-year-old Victoria “The Prodigy” Lee made quick work of “Little Sprouts” Wang Luping to win by first-round submission and move to 2-0 in ONE Championship. Lee was methodical in her approach, closing the distance and taking Wang to the ground with a slam. On the mat, “The Prodigy” transitioned into a mounted triangle, cranked on the arm, and forced the tap.
111 Official Results for ONE: BATTLEGROUND ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship: Prajanchai defeats Sam-A via Majority Decision Mixed Martial Arts – Catchweight (95.8 KG): Aung La N Sang defeats Leandro Ataides via Knockout at 3:45 of Round 1 Mixed Martial Arts – Strawweight: Gustavo Balart defeats Ryuto Sawada via Unanimous Decision Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight: Ritu Phogat defeats Lin Heqin via Unanimous Decision Mixed Martial Arts – Bantamweight: Jeremy Pacatiw defeats Chen Rui via Unanimous Decision Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight: Victoria Lee defeats Wang Luping via Submission (Armbar) at 3:22 of Round 1
Ratchanok in tears as Thailands Olympic badminton hopes end
Thai badminton queen Ratchanok Intanon had to bear one of the most heartbreaking defeats of her career as her campaign at the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 was ended by world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in an exhilarating quarter-final on Friday.
The fiercely determined Thai came close to bettering her Olympic record when she powered to a 21-14 and 14-10 lead before Tai turned the match around with superb rallies and swift all-court movement to edge the clash 14-21 21-18 21-18 in 67 minutes.
For the third time, world No 6 Ratchanok will return home empty-handed from the Olympics having lost at this stage in 2012 and the last 16 in 2016.
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After losing the match point, a distraught Ratchanok ran to her coach Patapol Ngernsrisuk and wept on his shoulder in one of the saddest scenes witnessed so far at the Tokyo Games.
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The Kingdom’s ace declared earlier that she longed for an Olympic medal more than anything else in life, but that goal still eludes her.
Ratchanok’s exit ended Thailand’s hopes of a badminton after medal prospects Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai were knocked out by Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan in the mixed doubles quarter-finals.
The Ratchanok-Tai showdown featured high-quality shots and thumping rallies that kept fans at home glued to their seats. The Thai went into the match with a 14-15 win-loss record against her arch-rival but took full advantage of inconsistent play from her opponent to build a 16-10 lead before winning the opening game 21-14.
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Thailand’s 2013 world champion carried the momentum into the second game, exchanging long rallies with the three-time All England champ. Ratchanok dictated play with powerful cross-court smashes and excellent net craft to build a solid lead at 14-10 before her foe began the fightback.
As one of the fittest players in the women’s game, Tai traded blows with Ratchanok point after point and her frantic chasing paid dividends. She wore down Ratchanok to take the second game 21-18 and level the match.
Both players were neck-and-neck in the decider, crafting shots to trouble one another and leave the score at 17-all. Favoured with a bit of luck and a solid mental game, Tai was the better player on crucial points and excelled in the end.
“I took control better, but I relaxed a bit and allowed her to change the game and take more risks,” said a tearful Ratchanok in the post-match interview. “In just a second, everything changed. She dared to try something different before I did.”
“But I think I was physically well prepared for a tough match like this. It’s just the mental side that played a role. I’m sorry that I could not be the first female player from Thailand to reach an Olympic semi-final. I’d like to apologise to Thai fans. However, I feel proud about putting up my best fight.”
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Boonsak Polsana still owns the best result by a Thai at the Olympic Games after he reached the semi-final and finished fourth in the 2004 Athens Games.
THAILANDS JAZZ REMAINS UPBEAT AFTER FRUSTRATING DAY IN OLYMPICS MENS GOLF COMPETITION
Thailands Jazz Janewattananond needed all his patience in grinding out a second round of even par 71 as he slipped to tied seventh place and four behind American leader, Xander Schauffele in a weather-hit Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 mens golf competition on Friday.
The 25-year-old Jazz had opened with a blistering 64 on Thursday but endured a more difficult day with 16 pars, one birdie and one bogey at Kasumigaseki Country Club’s East course which frustrated the young Thai.
“I mean it’s golf, right?” said Jazz after his uneventful round.
“Sometimes you have a good day, sometimes you have a bad day. I would say today is kind of in the middle. I didn’t play as good, I didn’t hit it as good. I didn’t give myself enough chances. Struggling with lines, struggling with the spin, couldn’t control it. But I’m actually not too upset because I knew I was struggling and I was just trying to get it around without doing too much damage.”
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In 2016, Jazz spent two weeks in a Buddhist monastery where he learned to become a monk which taught him some invaluable lessons. A six-time winner in Asia, the young Thai hopes to use his life’s lessons in a bold bid to deliver a medal for Thailand.
“I mean, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. When it works, it works great. Somehow you can try anything on the golf course when you have a bad day you almost can’t fix it. You just have to accept it and try to play with it and try to make yourself happy,” said Jazz, who was tied with Ireland’s Major champions, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry.
“Because sometimes you give too much importance to golf, you forget why you’re doing this for a living, why you started playing because it’s fun. Some people just take it too seriously.”
With World No. 5 and four-time PGA TOUR winner Schauffele flying into a clubhouse second round lead with two eagles on his card en route to a sizzling 63, Jazz knows he has some catching up to do over the next two days.
“I think I have put myself in a pretty good position, like if someone were to ask me, okay, you’re two strokes back or three strokes back even going into the last two days would you take it right now before the tournament start and I would say I would,” he said.
Home hero Hideki Matsuyama, the reigning Masters champion, charged up the leaderboard at 8-under for the tournament when he brilliantly negotiated his 16 holes in 6-under to lie in a share of third place when play was suspended for the day at 5.20pm.
Matsuyama and 15 other players will return at 7.45am Saturday to complete their second rounds, with the third round scheduled to begin from 9.30am to 11.18am.
India’s Anirban Lahiri stands at 4-under in tied 20th place after trading two birdies against as many bogeys through 16 holes of his second round. China’s Carl Yuan was also at 4-under after playing 15 holes in 2-under.
Schauffele was happy to be in the driver’s seat, and also in the clubhouse as he had completed his round just before the horn below for the suspension. “I just kind got in a nice flow there at the end. Kind of one of those situations where I wish I could play some more holes. It was nice to sort of make that last putt on 18 before they blew that horn,” he said.
Kieran Tuntivate hunting history for Thailand in Olympic 10,000 metres
Thai distance runner Kieran Tuntivate will enter the final of the 10,000 metres at 6.30pm (Thai time) today seeking to make history against African competitors with better statistics.
The Tokyo Olympics is once again grabbing Thais’ attention, as the Kingdom’s athletes launch their medal bids over the next few days. Among them is Harvard-educated Kieran, the first runner from Thailand to compete in an Olympic 10,000 metres final.
The 10,000 metres captivated athletics fans at the Beijing Games in 2008 when Ethiopian runner Kenenisa Bekele grabbed the gold with an Olympic record of 27.01.17 minutes.
Great Britain’s Mo Farah then cemented his place in history at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, when the Somalia-born runner won successive 10,000-metre finals.
This year, Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda is favourite for the gold medal, as he holds the world record with a time of 26.11.00.
Others in the hunt for a medal today include Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha, Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto, and Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda, all of whom have run under 27 minutes.
Kieran qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 27.17.14.
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This won’t be his first high-pressure international race, though.
The 24-year-old Thai-American athlete won the 5,000 metres and the 10,000 metres at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
Thai sports fans will be tuning in this evening to see if he can make a historic breakthrough for Thailand in distance running.
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Kieran finishes 23rd in Tokyo Olympics 10,000m run
The National Aquatics Center, locally known as “Water Cube” has now transformed into the “Ice Cube” with four Winter Olympics standard curling sheets.
The National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou City, locally known as the “Snow Ruyi”, will host the ski jumping and Nordic combined events during the Beijing Winter Games.
Skaters compete during the speed skating test program at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2021.
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