Grand welcome for Games heroes
Thai athletes arrive in Phuket for quarantine
Wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo, Thailand’s most decorated Paralympian at the 2020 Games, is looking forward to more success at Paris 2024 after winning three gold medals in Tokyo.
Pongsakorn and a large number of teammates arrived in Phuket on Monday to enter 14-day quarantine as required by the government’s Covid-19 protocols.
They were greeted by government, sports and local officials as well as well-wishers at a colourful ceremony. The athletes received bouquets of flowers from HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, a former national athlete in…