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Thai teen athletes emerge as SEA’s best

Puripol Boonson celebrates his win. (Photo: AFP)

Clinching a total of seven gold medals in athletics among the two, national teen stars Puripol Boonson and Thai-Australian Joshua Robert Atkinson made Thailand proud of their record-breaking feat at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, recently.

Their superb debut performances have paved the way for them to compete at the 2022 World Athletic U-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August, said Supanat Ariyamongkol, head coach of Thailand’s national athletics team.

Puripol’s gold medals came in 100m, 200m and 4x100m events, while Atkinson clinched four golds in 400m, mixed 4x400m, 800m and men’s 4×400, becoming the second Thai to accomplish this feat…

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