The Thai national football team, meanwhile, will resume their World Cup qualifying campaign for the 2022 finals. Medal hopefuls in TokyoSeventeen Thai athletes have earned berths at the Tokyo Olympics including taekwondo fighter Panipak Wongpattanakit, boxer Chatchai-decha Butdee and shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit. Nicknamed 'Tennis', the Surat Thani native has won two world titles and an Asian Games gold medal at the 2018 tournament. She won gold at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia among other achievements. Thai footballer Chanathip Songkrasin, centre, in action against Vietnam in a World Cup qualifier in Rangsit in 2019.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2021 23:26 UTC