"BamBam" Naphatsakorn Sritimongkol won additional bronze medals for the Thai national team at the Youth Taekwondo World Championships in Bosnia.
On 30 August, the Youth Taekwondo World Championship “Sarajevo World Taekwondo Championship 2023” between 28-31 August 2023 at Arena Hotel Hill, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Third day of the competition There are 3 Thai youth kickers on the field: “Milk” Miss Waranya Sipha, height not exceeding 164 cm. “BamBam” Miss Naphatsakorn Sritimongkol, category. Height not exceeding 168 cm. and “Champ” Mr. Pongsakorn Pha Lak, height not exceeding 172 cm.
Starting with the women's category with a height of no more than 168 cm. This category has 29 athletes participating. Thailand sends "BamBam" Naphatsakorn Sritimongkol, real sister of "Ball" Napat Sritimongkol, a tech 1 player. Thailand national team Bronze medal holder The 31st World University Games in China played in the first round, defeating Kim Arin from South Korea 2-1, advancing to the round of 16, then defeating Christian Aikovaki from Greece 2-1, advancing to the bronze medal round. Or in the quarter-finals, defeating Rushana Ravcenova from Uzbekistan 2-1, guaranteeing at least a bronze medal.
In the semi-finals, Naphatsakorn Sritimongkol met with Polina Tupgil from Ukraine. It appeared that the youth kicker of the Thai national team Unable to resist his strength, he lost 1-2 rounds and took home the bronze medal.
As for the women's under 164 cm height category, this category has 34 athletes. Thailand sends "Milk" Waranya Sipa in the first round to defeat Pihla Pajatsalo from Finland 2-0 to advance to the round of 16. Lost to Park Yunju from South Korea 0-2 in the round, ending his path at this round.
While the men's under 172 cm height category had 36 athletes in the final 32, "Champ" Pongsakorn Pha Lak lost to Mirab Hosseinifar from Iran in rounds 1-2.
Summary of 3 days, the Thai youth national team won 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals for today (31 August), the last day of the competition. There were two Thai athletes competing: “Bam” Miss Supaporn Srimahathat in the female height category not exceeding 176 cm and “Boom” Mr. Natthawat Boonchang in the height category not exceeding 176 cm. Men's competition starts at 2:00 p.m. Thailand time. .
Source: Thai News Agency