"Kunatip Yea-on" was the first person to win a gold medal for the Thai national team. In the world of combat sports “World Combat Games Riyadh 2023” in Saudi Arabia From the Jiu Jitsu competition

World martial arts competition “World Combat Games Riyadh 2023” in Saudi Arabia It was the competition on the 6th day of the Jiu Jitsu competition, fighting category, weight class over 94 kilograms, male. Kunathip Yeon of Thailand defeated Ahmed Al Aradi of Bahrain in the final 8 people. Won against Dejan Vucevic from Montenegro. in the semi-finals before defeating Camilo Landasuri from Colombia 50-0 in the final. After a competitor breaks the rules causing Khunathip to win the gold medal

Jiu Jitsu, fighting category, weight class over 70 kilograms, female, Areewan Chansri, Thai national team athlete Compete in the round of 8, defeat Veronica López from Mexico, advance to the semi-finals, win against Anja Gerke from Germany, reach the final, but lose to Laurine Lage from France 0-50, making Areewan got a silver medal

Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, said that this competition is close to the recent Asian Games. As a result, the sport of taekwondo was not sent to participate in the competition. But this time we sent 4 sports, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Sumo, and also brought Muay Thai to promote knowledge and public relations in this competition as well. As for the medal target, the target is no less than the last competition, at 3 gold medals.

Summary of the medal table: UAE comes in first place with 4 gold medals, followed by Germany with 2 gold medals, while Thailand is in 3rd place with 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, equal to France. For tonight, Channel 9 MCOT HD number 30 will Continuous live broadcast from 9:30-11:30 p.m.

Source: Thai News Agency