Kingdom surge to fourth place

Saowalak, Jiraphan and Supan deliver

Thailand had picked up three more gold medals at the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi at press time on Friday to move up to fourth spot on the medals table.

Saowalak Homklin claimed Thailand’s second gold medal of the Games after winning kurash women’s 57kg event yesterday.

Saowalak, who also won gold in the Philippines in 2019, beat Vietnam’s Don Thi Thu 1-0 in the final at Hoai Duc Stadium.

However Apicha Boonrangsee had to settle for silver after losing to Jackielou Escarpe Agon of the Philippines 1-0 in the men’s 73kg final.

“We’re quite pleased with our performance although our target was three gold medals,” said team manager Petai Ngamtaptim. “We managed to get the gold and that was great.”

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Kingdom surge to fourth place