The girl from Songkhla maximized her effort in her national team debut and managed to book a top 5 finish. This is my first time in a world class event and I think I have done quite OK,” said Nichakan. Chinese Liu Jiaxin impressed the judged with her spectacular performance to win the gold medal, beating Russian Sofia Bogdanova and Anna Smirnova who settled and second and third. In the battle slalom junior men, Wattapong Kongpan was the best Thai performer after he came at fifth. In the men senior slalom Thai hope Kanchanok Sawangsri lost his momentum at the end of his performance and had to settle at only 13th.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 20, 2016 12:05 UTC