Thailand won two gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and they are hoping to perform better at Tokyo 2020.
Mixed doubles shuttlers Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.
There will be 42 Thai athletes in 16 sports at the Tokyo Games, postponed from last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) believes they are good enough to win up to three golds.
“We can win one to three gold medals in five sports,” said SAT governor Gongsak Yodmani.
He said the number was projected by his agency’s Elite Sports Development Department which used information from sports associations.
The country’s best hopes, according to Gongsak, are taekwondo star Panipak Wongpattanakit, golfer Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, mixed doubles shuttlers Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai, skeet shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit, and boxers…
