“Saisunee” is delighted to win gold in the women’s wheelchair sabre fencing class B.

'Saisunee Jana', 50, is delighted to defeat her rival from China and win the first gold medal in wheelchair sabre fencing, helping the Thai Para team win 4 gold medals. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Women's Wheelchair Sabre Class B Final, Saisunee Jana, the 4th seed of the Thai competition, aged 50, who previously won 2 gold medals at the Paralympic Games from epee in 2004 and 2012, met Chana Xiao Long, the 3rd seed of the competition from China, who previously met in the sabre final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year, where the Chinese woman won the gold medal. This time, Saisunee, who had been trailing the entire time, came out on top to win 15-14 in an exciting match, winning the gold medal. It is the 3rd Paralympic gold medal of her life. But it is the first Saber medal and the fourth medal for the Thai Paralympics team, following Chaiwat Rattana in the 100m Wheelchair Racing, Class T34, Phongsakon Paeyo in the Men's 400m Wheelchair Racing, Class T53, and Worawut Saeng-ampa in the Men's Boccia Individual, Class BC2. After the competition, Saisunee said that it was the first medal she had received from Saber. She couldn't believe that she could control herself. Normally, if the game was tied 14-14, she wouldn't be able to control herself. She had the coach constantly encouraging her. And because she focused, she was able to do it. Before the competition, she talked to her daughter, Nong Ritthai, who gave her encouragement the whole time. Her daughter told her to chant the Chinnabanchorn mantra and spread loving-kindness, which she did. In the end, she was calm enough and would continue to fight and not quit playing. For Saisunee, there is still a program left in the foil category today, the last 8 rounds at 5:10 p.m., as well as the team foil and epee, which she is good at. "Chalermpong" guarantees bronze in table tennis, men's singles, MS7 Table Tennis Quarter-finals at South Paris Arena 4 Men's Singles MS7 Chalermpong Panphu, Blue Shirt, meets Katsuyoshi Yagi. In this game, Chaler mpong showed excellent form, winning 3-0 games 11-9, 11-8 and 11-4, advancing to the semi-finals to meet Chua Yan from China on September 6. In the men's singles category, Class MS6, Rungroj Thainiyom, a red shirt, met Kayode Alami from Nigeria. In this game, Rungroj relied on his aggressive hitting and showed excellent form, winning 3 straight games 11-7, 11-1 and 11-6, advancing to the semi-finals to meet Peter Rosenmayer from Denmark on September 5. Both Chalermpong and Rungroj guaranteed bronze medals for the Thai Para team. Summary of gold medals: The Thai Paralympics team has won 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 6 bronze medals, ranking 16th on the medal table. China is in first place, winning 53 gold medals, 40 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. The United Kingdom is in second place, winning 30 gold medals. The United States is in third place, winning 20 gold medals. Source: Thai News Agency