KAT Huamark, ‘Nong Tennis’ Panipak Wongpattanakit, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist, is the highest hope for the Thai athletes.
Olympic “Paris Games 2024” in France, Thai national taekwondo athletes won 3 quotas, with “Tennis” Panipak Wongpattanakit, the winner of the 2020 Olympic Games gold medal in the women’s 49 kg category, as the highest hope for the Thai athletes.
“Tennis” Panipak Wongpattanakit, the world’s number 1 kicker in the women’s 49 kg category, is currently 26 years old and is from Surat Thani province. She has swept up every championship. She holds the record for winning the World Grand Prix Finals the most times with 12 titles and the most titles with 51. She is also one of four Thai athletes who have won more than one Olympic medal, winning a bronze medal at the “Rio Games” in Brazil and a gold medal at the “Tokyo Games” in Japan. This will be her third Olympics.
This year’s Taekwondo Olympic Games has changed to a 2 out of 3 rounds rule. In the women’s 49 kg division, “Nong Tennis”, as t
he defending champion, will get a bye in the first round and will compete in the final 8. There are competitors who cannot be underestimated such as Adriana Cerezo Iglesias from Spain, her opponent in the Tokyo Games final, Merv Dinzel Cavurat from Turkey, with whom Tennis has alternately won and lost, and Daniela Souza from Mexico, with whom she has lost in the world championship. Nong Tennis announced that she will fight with all her might and asked for full support from her fans.
For Panipak, who will compete first on August 7, Thai sports fans are cheering her on with all their hearts for Nong Tennis to make history as the first Thai athlete to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Source: Thai News Agency
