France, 'Tennis' Panipak Wongpattanakit, the taekwondo star and hopeful gold medalist of the Thai athletes, is ready to compete in the last 16 this afternoon. The winner will face Ana Belo from Timor Leste and Umema El Bouchi from Morocco. Taekwondo Olympic Paris Games 2024 Today, "Tennis" Panipak Wongpattanakit, the gold medalist in Taekwondo, 49 kg. Women's, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, will be the first Thai kicker to compete today. Starting at 3:47 p.m., Panipak, as the world's number 1 and the defending champion, will compete in the last 16 against the winner of Ana Belo from Timor Leste or Umema El Bushi from Morocco. If she wins and reaches the last 8, she has the opportunity to meet Abishak Zemberg, a beautiful kicker from Israel, whom she met in the previous Olympic Games. While in the semi-finals, there is a chance to meet Daniela Sosa from Mexico, world number 5, who defeated Panipak in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Championship, or Lena Stojkovic, 2-time 46 kg world champion in 2022 and 2023 f rom Croatia, who has moved up to compete in this category. If she advances to the gold medal match, there is a chance to rematch with Adriana Cerezo Iglesias, a female kicker from Spain, her opponent in the 2020 Tokyo Games final. "Secretary Big" Mr. Thanatit Raktabut, Secretary of the Taekwondo Association of Thailand as the team manager, said that Nong Tennis weighed in without any problems before starting a light training. Now she is in perfect physical condition and in good spirits, ready to compete. He asked Thai sports fans to follow and cheer her on. Two other Thai kickboxers, "Yu" Banlang Thapthimdaeng, 68 kg. men's division, will compete on August 8th, and "Baitei" Sasikarn Thongchan, 67 kg. women's division, will compete on August 9th. Source: Thai News Agency