Thai wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo celebrates with his gold medal after winning the men’s 400m T53 competition in a new world record time at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday.
Wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo broke the world record as he won Thailand’s first gold medal at the Paralympic Games at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
Thailand’s wait for its first gold medal at the Covid-delayed tournament ended on day five of competition after the 24-year-old from Khon Kaen retained his 400m T53 title with a time of 46.61, breaking Canadian Brent Lakatos’ old mark of 46.82 set in June 2019.
Pongsakorn, who also set a new Paralympic record of 47.31 earlier in the day, won both…
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