Olympic star: “View Kulwut”, Thailand’s badminton team’s medal hope

Today's Paris Games Highlights takes us to meet 'View' Kunlavut Vitidsarn, the world's No. 8 badminton player who will be chasing his first Olympic Games medal. "View" Kunlavut Vitidsarn, a 23-year-old badminton player from the Banthongyod Badminton School team, made a name for himself in the badminton world worldwide by winning the World Youth Championship 3 times in a row from 2017-2019 and the Asian Youth Championship 1 time in 2019. He then joined the Thai national team before winning the men's singles and men's team gold medals at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam, followed by winning the silver medal at the 2022 World Championship in Japan, and making history as the first Thai male singles player to win the 2023 World Championship in Denmark. "View" Kunlavut, under the close supervision of "Coach Pae" Pattaphon Ngernsrisuk, is considered a young badminton player with an excellent defensive game, saving every shot without giving up. As for his offensive game, it is getting better every day. For the first Olympic Games, he himself admits that it will definitely be difficult. He cannot underestimate anyone in the group because everyone has prepared well. He will try his best and wants to bring home a medal for the Thai people. For the Paris Games badminton, the competition will be held from July 27 to August 5. In the men's singles, the first round, "View" Kunlavut is in Group C with Kalle Koyonen, world number 61 from Finland, and Jorges Julian Paul, world number 106 from Mauritius. View is unlikely to miss out on winning the group in the last 16. She will likely meet Kenta Nishimoto from Japan before the last 8 will face a tough battle with Qi Yuqi, world number 1 from China. If she can get through, she should have a chance at the gold medal and we should see the celebration that "View, the Three-Game God" has prepared for the Olympics. Source: Thai News Agency