‘Kongsak’ accepts this SEA Games hard. Aim to dominate the gold medal of international sports
Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) revealed that the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam will be hosted between May 12-23. Must admit that this time is the SEA Games that One of the hardest things about getting athletes to compete. Due to the epidemic situation of the Covid-19 virus, the competition has to be postponed from 2021 to 2022, resulting in the training plan of the Sports Association together with SAT is tight on preparing athletes for at least 6 months.
However, despite the obstacles in preparing athletes But SAT has supported athletes in every aspect, especially in terms of sports science that is fully applied to make athletes as ready as possible. Because SEA Games are important to the development of the nation’s sport. It is a proud sporting event. And Thai sports fans have high hopes. The Thai athletes are now 100 percent ready and will begin their journey to Vietnam in May. Because some sports will have a program before the opening ceremony, such as the men’s football team, where the Thai national team will meet Malaysia on May 7.
The governor of the SAT also said that SAT works with Olympic Committee of Thailand and the Sports Association of Thailand by the National Sports Development Fund has allocated a budget for preparing athletes and sending competitions totaling about 700 million baht, with an important goal Must make the work to be developed than before In the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines in 2019 (2019), the Thai athletes ranked 3rd, 92 gold medals, 103 silver medals, 123 bronze medals, but in the 31st SEA Games, there is a chance that Thailand will be the gold medalist. The total medal table is very few. SAT therefore focuses on becoming the gold medalist of international sports that compete in the Olympic Games.
“The SEA Games should be a platform to build up young athletes for the Asian Games. and the next Olympic Games in the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam this Following the cheering of Thai sports fans should be in a new way. Which national athlete will do better in international sports? when separating the results from the total sports medal table,” said Dr. Kongsak.
For the 22nd SEA Games, hosted by Vietnam for the first time in 2003, Vietnamese athletes held 158 gold medals, 97 silver medals, 91 bronze medals, while Thailand took second place with 90 medals. Gold 93 Silver 98 Bronze
In this regard, Vietnam The host of the 31st SEA Games has contained 40 types of competitive sports, including water sports (swimming, diving, fins swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, billiards, bodybuilding, bowling, international boxing. , Canoeing, Chess, Cycling, Dance Sports, Esports, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Jujitsu, Karate, Kickboxing, Kurat, Muay Thai, Puncak Sila T, petanque, rowboat, muzzle, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, vovenum, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu, xiangqi chess 526 gold medal
