Chatchai-decha Butdee (right) in action against Cuba’s Lazaro Alvarez. (AFP photo)
TOKYO: Calamity struck for Thai boxing at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday as Jutamas Jitpong and Chatchai-decha Butdee fought impressively but lost their chance of grabbing medals at the Kokugikan Arena.
In the women’s 51kg quarter-finals, 2019 SEA Games bronze medallist Jutamas went down to 2019 World Championships silver medallist Buse Naz Cakiroglu 0-5 in the morning. More bad news followed in the afternoon when Chatchai-decha narrowly lost to two-time Olympic bronze medallist Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba 2-3 in the last eight of the men’s 57kg.
Chatchai-decha put up the fight of his life in a desperate bid to win a medal in his third and farewell Olympics. However, three-time World Championships winner Alvarez showed superior…
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