China “Chaiwat” races his wheelchair to win the 100 meters, T34, ready to break the competition record. First gold given to “Thai Para Team” in “Hangzhou 2022”

The 4th Asian Para Games will be held at the Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on October 23, 2023, on the first day of the competition. The highlight was the Men’s Wheelchair 100 M Class T34 Final, which featured Chaiwat Rattana, a young Para Thai wheelchair racing player. Competing alone for the championship, it turned out that Chaiwat showed excellent racing form, racing his beloved wheelchair to come in 1st place with a time of 15.18 seconds, ready to break Mohamed’s Asian Para Games record. Al Hammadi, who had previously set a time of 15.99 seconds in 2014 and won his first gold medal for the Thai Paratroopers. In this Asian Para Games, he beat Gong Wen Hao, the host “Chinese” athlete, who raced in 2nd place with a time of 15.55 seconds and 3rd place Ali Rady Arshid from Qatar, who raced in at 15.60 seconds.

While in the Men’s Wheelchair 1,500 m. Class T 54 qualifying round, Prawat Wahoram, Phutharat Kongrak and Saichol, 3rd generation wheelchair racers from the Thai national team, competed. The results showed that Prawat Wahoram, who competed in the 2nd heat, showing off his beloved wheelchair, came in 2nd place with a time of 3.10.52 minutes, ready to successfully advance to the finals. Competing in the 2nd heat, they performed equally well, with Saichol coming in 2nd place with a time of /2.59.45 minutes and Phutharet coming in 3rd place with a time of 2.59.56 minutes, successfully advancing to the finals. which will compete on October 24, 2023 at 11.52 a.m. – Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency