Srisaket named the best pro athlete

Fighter states badge will recover his damaged heart

WBC super-flyweight champ Srisaket Sor Rungvisai stated Monday he hoped the very best expert athlete of the year award he got from the Sport Writers Association of Thailand (Swat) would assist recover his “injured heart”.

The 31-year-old fighter, whose genuine name is Wisaksil Wangek, got the award for the 2nd time in a row.

In Monday’s event at the Arnoma Grand Bangkok hotel, golf player Kosuke Hamamoto and taekwondo fighter Panipak Wongpattanakit won the very best male and female amateur awards respectively.

Shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn and golf player Atthaya Thitikul declared the male and female youth honours respectively.

The association likewise honoured HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana with an unique award.

The Princess, who represented Thailand in equestrian in addition to her horse Prince Charming, belonged to the dressage group that completed second at the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia.

The choice committee was chaired by Import tax Department Director-General Somchai Poonsawat, a devout sports fan who is likewise technical chief of the Thailand Boxing Association.

” This award motivates me and must have the ability to assist recover the injury in my heart,” stated Srisaket, who looked unfortunate.

” I do not wish to discuss this. I must go back to the training school quickly. I will attempt to bring joy to the Thai individuals.”

Patchareewan Kanha, his live-in sweetheart for 14 years, revealed her split with the champ recently.

Patchareewan, commonly understood by her label Kay, declared it was an “friendly” affair and the break up was by shared permission.

His supervisor Surachart Pisitwutthinan stated the fighter, understood in Thailand as Srisaket Nokornloung Promo, now felt much better however might require more time prior to he trains once again.

Srisaket won this year’s award for his 2 outstanding wins. After sensational then-unbeaten Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez with a bulk choice at New york city’s Madison Square Garden in March in 2015, Srisaket scored a fourth-round knockout win versus the Nicaraguan at StubHub Center in California in September. He then beat Mexico’s Juan Francisco Estrada at the Online Forum in California in February.

Professional athletes’ efficiencies from Might in 2015 to previously this month were taken into account by the Swat committee.

Japanese-Thai golf player Kosuke won the specific gold medal at the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia and declared both specific and group titles at the Putra Cup, to name a few accomplishments.

Taekwondo star Panipak achieved success in 5 competitions in 2015, consisting of the World Grand Prix Finals, SEA Games and World University Games.

Badminton gamer Kunlavut is the very first Thai shuttler to win the males’s songs title at the world youth champions.

Teenage golf player Atthaya ended up being the Ladies European Trip’s youngest-ever winner last July when she won in Pattaya. A couple of weeks later on, she got gold medals in the SEA Games specific and group occasions.

The 15-year-old prodigy protected a remarkable wire-to-wire success at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific champion by winning a four-way play-off previously this year.

Other award winners consist of Kularbdam Sor Jor Piak-Uthai (finest Muay Thai fighter) and the ladies’s nationwide football team (finest group).

The ladies’s footballers protected their 2nd ticket to the World Cup thanks to their fourth-place surface at the current AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

The Badminton Association of Thailand got the very best association award.

In the handicapped professional athlete classification, Pongsathorn Pantib (deaf karate-do) and Amnuay Vejvithan (wheelchair badminton) took the male and female honours respectively.