hotfuns Muay Thai – World combat sports competition “World Combat Games Riyadh 2023” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Last night, October 30th The competition ended successfully. The Thai national team, Muay Thai athletes, were able to reach the finals in all 4 divisions that sent athletes to participate in this competition.
The highlight is Muay Thai, women’s 48 kg weight class, final round: “Ying” Nirawan Tangjiu, a female Thai boxer with the nickname “Charm Chan Commando Bear Drink” enters the ring to duel with Rudzma Abubakar, an old rival from the Philippines. who had met in the playoffs and Nirawan won In the final fight, it appeared that throughout the fight, Nirawan was very sharp with her Muay Thai weapons. and reiterated the victory with a score of 20-18 points, resulting in Nirawan successfully winning the first gold medal for the Thai boxers, while Rudzma Abubakar received a silver medal. hotfuns
While in the men’s 67 kg weight class, the final round, “Best” Katmarasri, a Thai boxer with the nickname “Kappitan Petchyindee Academy”, came across Hamza Rashid, a young boxer from Morocco, but It appears that before the fight, the stadium doctor checked the injury of Ong, whose eyes were closed from the previous round of fighting. And it was decided not to allow the competition, resulting in Hamza Rashid winning the gold medal, while Katmarasri unfortunately missed the opportunity to win the gold medal. But still received a consolation silver medal. ( hotfuns )
As for the men’s 71 kg weight class, in the final, Thanet Nituthorn, a boxer nicknamed “Thananchai Sitsong Phi Nong”, lost on points to Constantine Shakhtarin, an athlete from the Independent Neutral Athlete (AIN) 27 team. -30 points get a silver medal In the women’s 57 kg weight class, the final round, Kaewrudee Khamthakrapum, nicknamed “Som Yut Yen” Sergeant Bank Don Mueang” narrowly lost to Bryony Soden from Australia 28-29 points, winning the silver medal as well. And it is the third silver medal of the Muay Thai team.
In addition, the Thai boxers also won another gold medal from the Wai Khru Muay Thai Wheelchair competition, mixed category. In the final round, Lapasi Choktancharoen showed off the Wai Khru Muay Thai style, scoring 9.28 points, winning 1st place, while Hasna A was 2nd. Lyajim from Saudi Arabia with 8.92 points and third place Zalkafli bin Mohd Shahri from Malaysia with 8.86 points, summarizing the performance of the Thai national team boxers. Won a total of 2 gold medals and 3 silver medals.
Summary of the performance of the Thai national martial arts team at the World Combat Sports Festival. “World Combat Games Riyadh 2023” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Between 20-30 October last In total, they won 4 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal, with 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal from Jujitsu, and 2 gold medals and 3 silver medals from Muay Thai. As a result, the Thai team finished 15th in the table. Including medals from a total of 79 nations participating in the competition. It is ranked number 7 in Asia and number 1 in ASEAN.
As for the country that holds the gold medal, Ukraine has done an excellent job by winning 21 gold medals, 17 silver medals, and 15 gold medals, while 2nd place is host Saudi Arabia with 12 gold medals, 20 silver medals, 19 bronze medals, and 3rd place Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan 12 gold medals, 13 silver medals, 23 bronze medals, 4th place Independent Neutral Athlete (AIN) 11 gold medals, 3 silver medals, 4 bronze medals and 5th place France 10 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 8 bronze medals.