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Family, fans to greet taekwondo gold medallist in Phuket Monday

Panipak “Tennis” Wongpattanakit celebrates after winning the gold medal in taekwondo at the Tokyo Games on Saturday. (Taekwondo Association of Thailand photo)

SURAT THANI: The family of taekwondo heroine Panipak Wongpattanakit will greet the Olympic gold medalist in Phuket on Monday when she returns home from Tokyo with the rest of the team.

Sayant Wareearunroj, Panipak’s uncle, said at his house in the southern province on Sunday his niece will arrive in Phuket on Monday on Singapore Airlines flight SQ726 and stay on the resort island for two weeks under the required conditions of the Phuket sandbox.

He will be joined by her father, Sirichai, along iwth other family members and supporters waiting to welcome her home at the airport.

The flight will arrive in Phuket at 9.25am from Singapore.

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