Her Majesty the Queen was among Thailand’s the majority of impressive professional athletes in 2023.
The Queen took part in the 35th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta as a team member of Vayu THA72 in the IRC Absolutely no class on the last day of the competition previously this month.
THA72 won both races on that day in the prominent worldwide competitors.
Kevin Whitcraft, president of the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Organising Committee, stated the Queen showcased perfect cruising abilities and skill equivalent to those of expert athletes.
Her Majesty’s involvement in the yearly worldwide cruising occasion was to honour and protect the tradition of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great.
The Phuket King’s Cup Regatta was introduced in 1987 to commemorate the 60th birthday of the late king.
The late King Rama IX was a great professional athlete and participated in cruising at the Southeast Asian Peninsular (SEAP) Games (now the SEA Games) in 1967.
The King and his child Princess Ubolratana were joint winners in the okay rowboat class of the cruising competition which was kept in Pattaya.
On the other hand, the following day after completion of the the 2023 Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, the Queen took part in a running occasion at Suvarnabhumi airport.
She ended up the 10km race in one hour, one minute and 45 seconds.
Previously, Her Majesty participated and scored in an ice hockey match.
‘ View’ rules supreme
Badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn beat Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the last of the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen.
With the success, the 22-year-old ended up being Thailand’s very first badminton world champ in the males’s songs occasion.
It is the nation’s 3rd world crown in the sport after Ratchanok Intanon in the females’s songs in 2013 and Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the blended doubles in 2021.
” I’m really delighted. This has actually been a dream for me because I was a kid,” stated Kunlavut, who lost to Viktor Axelsen in the last at the 2022 World Championships.
” I had 3 targets when I was young– the Olympic Games, World Championships and All England. Now I have actually accomplished among those, so 2 are left.”
Nicknamed ‘View’, the Chon Buri local likewise won 2 other occasions in India and Thailand this year.
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
‘ Tennis’ wins once again
Taekwondo star Panipak Wongpattanakit protected the very first gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games for Thailand, beating China’s Guo Qing in the females’s 49kg last loaded with drama and a dosage of debate.
The 26-year-old from Surat Thani rallied from 6-0 down in the last round to beat the home professional athlete 12-9 for a 2-1 win.
The top-seeded Thai had actually won the preliminary and Guo took the 2nd.
In the 3rd round, the second-seeded Chinese raced to a 6-0 lead when unexpectedly ball game skyrocketed to 23-0 in favour of Guo.
The Thai group then objected and after a prolonged evaluation the battle resumed with the Chinese leading 6-0.
With about one minute staying after the reboot, Panipak landed 4 successive head kicks for a 12-6 benefit to successfully end the contest.
” This was my last Asian Games and I offered my all. I am really delighted,” stated Panipak, who is nicknamed ‘Tennis.’
It was her 2nd Asian Games gold medal after her success in Indonesia in 2018.
Panipak stated she will retire after the 2024 Olympics in Paris where she will chase her 2nd Games gold medal following her success at Tokyo 2020.
Taekwondo fighter Panipak Wongpattanakit kisses her gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. (Image: Tennis panipak wongpattanakit Facebook page)
Somkiat claims Moto2 title
Somkiat Chantra won his 2nd Moto2 title at the Japan Grand Prix.
The Idemitsu Honda Group Asia rider controlled the race from start to end up.
It was the 24-year-old rider’s 2nd profession title after his success at the 2022 Indonesian Grand Prix.
He likewise ended up third at the Thailand Grand Prix and was 6th on the planet champion standings.
He was called the very best expert athlete of the year for the 2nd time in a row by the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) previously this month.
Moto2 racer Somkiat Chantra positions with the Japanese Grand Prix prize. (Reuters image)
‘ TD Keane’ takes gold
Teedech ‘TD Keane’ Songsaisakul beat compatriot Varanan ‘JUBJUB’ Phatanasak in the last of EA Sports FC Online in Hangzhou to end up being Thailand’s very first Asian Games champ in e-Sports.
Teedech, whose daddy Jumphot is a football reporter, stated his moms and dads at first did not support him to play online video games.
However after Teedech began winning cash prize, they offered him their complete support.
” They even go to see me complete,” Teedech stated.
Teedech got substantial monetary benefits from the federal government and well-wishers.
Asian Games EA Sports FC Online champ Teedech Songsaisakul. (Image provided)
Chanettee raises LPGA prize
Teen Chanettee Wannasaen caught her very first LPGA title with a four-stroke success at the Portland Classic in tournament-record style.
Chanettee retreated in the last round to finish an impressive romp over an excellent field with 26-under-par 262 rating at Columbia Edgewater in Portland.
The 19-year-old Monday qualifier, who missed out on the cut in her previous 9 LPGA begins, shattered the previous 72-hole Traditional mark of 21-under, ending up being the seventh LPGA champ from Thailand and just the 3rd Monday qualifier to win an LPGA title.
” It suggests whatever to me,” Chanettee stated with tears welling up. “I have actually dealt with the frustration of missing out on the cut 9 times before this competition.
” I worked really difficult to make it take place. And it has actually actually taken place now.”
Chanettee took home the US$ 225,000 leading reward after winning simply over $14,700 in 2023 LPGA cash prize before Portland.
‘ Pink’ crowned world champ
Shuttler Pitchamon Opatniputh won the junior world title after beating Indonesia’s Chiara Marvella Handoyo in the women’ songs last.
” I feel so pleased with myself,” stated Pitchamon, who is nicknamed ‘Pink’.
” I feel the pressure is lower now.”
Pitchamon is the seventh Thai to win the world junior title after Ratchanok (women’ songs), Kunlavut (kids’ songs), Maneepong Jongjit and Rodjana Chuthabunditkul (blended doubles) and Kittinupong Kedren and Dechapol Puavaranukroh (kids’ doubles).
Both Ratchanok and Kunlavut went on to win 3 world junior crowns in a row and later on ended up being world champs at the senior level.
Previously this year, Pitchamon belonged to the Thai females’s group which won the gold medal at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia.
