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Dechapol and Sapsiree ignite gold medal hopes

Thai mixed doubles duo Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.

Thailand’s mixed doubles duo Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai begin their hunt for the country’s elusive Olympic medal in badminton today.

The third seeded pair are among the country’s top hopes for medals at Tokyo 2020.

They made history in January when they claimed a hat-trick of Super 1000 titles in three consecutive weeks.

At Tokyo, Dechapol and Sapsiree are in Group B alongside France’s Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, Britain’s Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith, and Canada’s Joshua Hurlburt and Josephine Wu.

The Thais play Hurlburt and Wu today.

The other Thais shuttlers in action today are Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the women’s singles, and Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in the women’s…

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