France, “Bas Dechapol” and “Popor Traipasiri” and “M Suphak” and “Sky Kitinupong” have definitely made it to the quarterfinals of badminton. Follow the “Cheer for Thailand with all your heart, Paris Olympics 2024” segment.
Olympic Games 2024 “Paris Games” in Paris, France, badminton, mixed doubles, first round, group B, second match at Porte de la Chapelle Arena, Paris, “Bas” Dechapol Puavaranukroh and “Popor” Sapsiree Taerattanachai, the world’s No. 6 pair, blue and red shirts, meet Coachela Mammery and Tanina Violet Mammery, the world’s No. 48 pair from Algeria. The Bas-Popor pair still combines excellently with both strong defense and fierce offense. It took only 31 minutes to defeat the Algerian pair in 2 straight games 21-14, 21-9, allowing Bas and Popor to guarantee their advancement to the quarterfinals, even though there is still one last match left. Group B meets So Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung, the world’s No. 3 pair from South Korea, to win the group championship.
In the men’s doubles group stage,
Group B, “M” Suphak Jomkoh and “Sky” Kitinupong Ketruen, the world’s 24th ranked pair in red shirts, played their second match against Ondrej Kral and Adam Mendrak, the world’s 49th ranked pair from the Czech Republic. The “M and Sky” pair continued to show good form, helping each other score, defeating the Czech pair 2-0 in straight games, 21-10, 21-13, making it two consecutive victories and advancing to the quarterfinals for sure, although there is still the last match of the group against Kang Min-hyuk and So Seon-jae, the tournament’s 4th ranked pair and the world’s 4th ranked pair from South Korea.
Skateboard Yesterday, 1 gold medal was won at Concord in the women’s street category. The qualifiers had a total of 22 competitors, divided into 4 heats, which will find the 8 athletes with the best performance to enter the finals. “Nong ST” Wareeya Sukkasem, a 12-year-old Thai athlete who is the youngest to participate in the finals of the Olympic Games for the first time, was placed in Heat 4, which in thi
s heat had the Japanese skateboarder Funa Nakayama, the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist and the 2022 World Championship silver medalist, as well as Maria Duran, the former 2017 World Championship bronze medalist from the United States, joining the group. It turned out that “Nong ST” tried her best, collecting 200.75 points from the run and trick rounds, finishing in 17th place, which was not good enough to advance to the finals.
The gold medal went to 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa from Japan, who scored 272.75 points. The silver medal went to fellow countryman Liz Akama, aged 15, who scored 265.95 points. The bronze medal went to 16-year-old Leil Reyza from Brazil, who scored 253.37 points.
“Premanat” finished 4th in the single-person double rowing in the repechage round.
The second day of the rowing competition at Ver-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Paris, where the only Thai rower, Prem Premanat Wattananusit, competed in the repechage round of the single sculls pair. After finishing 6th in the qualifying heat 3,
he had to compete in this round, finishing in the top 1 and 2 to enter the quarterfinals. Prem, in lane 1, rowed to the finish line in 4th place with a time of 7 minutes 29.89 seconds, unfortunately missing the chance to enter the quarterfinals. As a result, he had to play in the finals E and F, which are the ranking rounds for 25-33, today.
Thai athletes join in lighting candles to offer blessings
Gen. Wich Devahasdin Na Ayudhya, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, along with Mr. Saran Charoensuwan, Ambassador to Paris, and Mr. Thana Chaiprasit, Head of the Thai Athletes Team, led the athletes and Thai officials in a candle lighting ceremony to offer blessings on the occasion of His Majesty the King’s 60th Birthday Anniversary on July 28, 2024. The athletes wore yellow to show their loyalty.
Thai weightlifters travel to Paris
Movement of 4 Thai national weightlifting athletes for the ‘Paris Games’ who previously trained in Chiang Mai Province, consisting of Surachana Khambao,
49 kg women’s division, Duang-akson Jaidee, over 81 kg women’s division, Theeraphong Silachai, 61 kg men’s division, and Wiraphon Wichuma, 73 kg men’s division, along with Lieutenant Commander Aree Wiratthaworn, team manager, Lukman, trainer, and Mr. Suwit Ariyachaikul, physical therapist, departed from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Paris in the middle of the night last night. The first day of weightlifting competition will be on August 7th. Weightlifting is another hope for the Thai athletes in the Paris Games to win medals. The Weightlifting Association of Thailand has set a goal of at least 1 medal.
Source: Thai News Agency