Paralympics: 400-metre gold puts Thailand in 20th place
With four gold medals in wheelchair racing, Thailand powers itself to 20th place worldwide in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games.
With four gold medals in wheelchair racing, Thailand powers itself to 20th place worldwide in the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games.
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Paralympics: 400-metre gold puts Thailand in 20th place
Online Reporters
16/09/2016
Thailand is tied for 20th place with South Africa for total medals won in the 2016 Paralympics, both countries having won 20 medals, with only three more days left in the 15th Paralympics in Rio, Brazil.
Gold medallist Pongsakorn Paeyo of Thailand has put in an amazing performance in sprint events.
Pongsakorn won a gold medal in the 800-metre T53 final on Thursday.
Then Friday Pongsakorn won another gold medal in the 400-metre T53.
Pongsakorn powers his way to the finish line.
T53 is a classification of disability of the para-athletes competing in the event.
The T53 category is for "wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function."
Pongsakorn's special streamlined wheelchair that he uses for wheelchair racing.
LONG DISTANCE GOLD MEDALS
Early, Thai para-athlete Prawat Wahoram won two gold medals
He first won Thailand's first gold medal at Rio in the 5,000m (T54) long distance event.
Then Prawat won a gold in the 1,500m (T54).
Prawat is 35-year-olds from Sa Kaeo and a veteran para-athlete having won a total of seven gold medals during his Paralympics career.
At five gold medals Thailand has already surpassed the 4 gold medals won at the last Paralympics in London four years ago.
US Ambassador Glyn T. Davies congratulates the Thai Paralympics team on their victory:
(Source: Twitter)
GOLD 2236 Thailand | WAHORAM Prawat 3:00.62 Men's 1500m - T54 Final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games:
Pichaya Kurattanasiri winning the bronze medal in the 1,500-metre T52 final.
Gold medallist Pongsakorn Paeyo of Thailand celebrates his win in the 800-metre T53 final. On the left is silver medallist Pierre Fairbank of France, along with Brent Lakatos of Canada, who finished third. (Reuters photos)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-athletics_classification
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