“Kwan Sutha” reveals pride in winning bronze medal – thanks for the encouragement from Thai people

Kwansuda Puangkitja said she was proud but wanted to do better and wanted to come back as a champion. She thanked the Thai people for their support after winning the first bronze medal in taekwondo for the Thai Para team. The 17th Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Taekwondo, 47 kg, Women's Class K44, Bronze Medal Match, Kwansuda Phuangkitja, the bronze medalist from Tokyo 2020, met Maryam Abdullapour from Iran. This game was close throughout the game. After 5 minutes, it was tied 4-4. It had to be decided in the golden round. It turned out that they still couldn't score any more points. It had to be decided by raw points, which was the better Thai kicker who won, taking home the bronze medal and the first medal for Thailand in the 2024 Paralympics. Kwan Sutha revealed that she is proud but wants to do better. Today, she still made mistakes and wants to come back as the champion. She thanks all Thai people for their support. In the women's doubles table tennis, WD5 class, quarter-finals, Dararat Asayut an d Chilchitpayak Butwansirisin showed excellent form, defeating Jada Rossi and Michela Brunelli from Italy 3-1, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 and 11-8, successfully advancing to the semi-finals and immediately guaranteeing a bronze medal. While in the men's doubles table tennis, Class MD8, round 16, Wanchai Chaiwat and Yuttajak Klinbanchuen, the number 1 pair of the tournament, defeated Javier Lopez Francisco and Eder Rodriguez, the number 9 pair from Spain, in 3 straight games, 11-2, 11-0 and 11-8, and in the quarterfinals, they defeated the Japanese pair in another 3 straight games, making both Wanchai and Yuttajak guarantee another 1 bronze medal. Men's singles badminton, Class SH6, Group B, first match, "Potae" Nattapong Meechai met Miles Krajewski from the United States. The result was that "Potae" showed great form, winning 2 straight games 21-13 and 22-20, making a beautiful start to the victory. Swimming Qualifying Round, starting with the Men's 200m Freestyle, Class S5, Phuchit Ingchaiyaphum crossed the finish line in 5th place with a time of 2:56.57 minutes, unfortunately missing out on the final round. While in the women's 100m butterfly, S14 class, Nattharin Khacharametha crossed the finish line in 8th place, she did not advance to the next round, and in the women's 200m freestyle, S5 class, Wilawan Wongnonthaphum crossed the finish line in 6th place, she missed out on advancing to the final round Source: Thai News Agency