Tamarine Tanasugarn, Pardorn Srichaphan and Tamarine and Benjamas Sangaram played women's singles (1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008), men's singles (2000 and 2004) and women's doubles (1996 and 2000) at the Games respectively. They had given up hope of being selected for Rio given they are now ranked outside the top 100. Thailand will be represented in Rio by 34 athletes in 17 sports. "The siblings just missed out on playing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when they were ranked No 62 in the world. "We were informed a few days ago to be on standby and it was just confirmed this morning [Saturday]," Sanchai said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 30, 2016 22:52 UTC