Taekwondo Panipak wins Thailand's first gold medal
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Exponent Panipak Wongpattanakit clinched the first gold medal for Thailand at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China on Sunday.
She outclassed her Azerbaijani opponent Ceren Ozbek 211 in the final of the women's 44kg division.
The 17-year-old from Surat Thani would receive Bt500,000 from the National Sports Development fund for her success.
Meanwhile the Taekwondo Association of Thailand president Thai taekwondo team gets boost
Pimol Srivikorn believes teenager Panipak's triumph at the Youth Olympic at the weekend was the perfect tonic for the Thai taekwondo team, which was rocked last month by a feud involving national coach Choi YoungSeuk.
