Which sports are Southeast Asia hoping to win medals at the 2024 Olympics?

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - As of the end of the morning of August 3rd, after 7 days of official competition at the 2024 Olympics, Southeast Asia has yet to win any gold medals. However, in reality, the strongest sports in this region have yet to reach their peak.

A total of 182 athletes from 11 Southeast Asian delegations are participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics. As of the morning of August 3rd, they had not yet won any medals. However, this is not surprising, as the region's strong sports have not yet begun competing or reached the medal rounds. One of Southeast Asia's strong sports is badminton. This sport did not enter its first medal competition until the early morning of August 3rd. Specifically, the Malaysian men's doubles pair Soh Wooi Yik and Aaron Chia reached the bronze medal match.

Panipak Wongpattanakit (Thailand) is a strong contender for the gold medal in the women's 49kg weight class (Photo: Getty).

In the women's doubles badminton event, Peerly Tan and Thinaad Muralitharan of Malaysia also reached the bronze medal match. In the men's singles, reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) is very strong, currently in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, in the women's singles, Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) and Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) also have a chance to compete for a medal. Badminton will reach its peak medal contention from the morning of August 3rd to the morning of August 6th (Vietnam time). Another sport where Southeast Asian athletes are very strong is boxing, in the lighter weight categories. Both Thailand and the Philippines are world boxing powerhouses. Boxing will only enter the medal stage on August 6th, when Southeast Asian boxers will bring home medals for the region. Thailand's medal hopes at the 2024 Paris Olympics include Thitsan Panmod (men's 51kg), Bunjong Sinsiri (63.5kg), Chuthamat Raksat (women's 50kg), Jutamas Jitpong (women's 54kg), Thananya Somnuek (women's 60kg), and Janjaem Suwannapheng (women's 66kg).

Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand) is very strong in golf (Photo: Reuters).

Another sport that starts very late at the Paris 2024 Olympics is taekwondo. It won't appear until August 7th. Thailand currently has female taekwondo athlete Panipak Wongpattanakit predicted to win the gold medal in the women's 49kg category. In weightlifting, Southeast Asia has two athletes who could win medals, both in the men's 61kg category: Trinh Van Vinh of Vietnam and Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia. This event will be held on August 7th. In the women's singles golf event, Thailand is very strong. The Thai golf team boasts Patty Tavatanakit, a golfer who has won major titles (equivalent to Grand Slam titles in tennis). The women's singles golf event starts on August 7th and runs until August 10th, just one day before the closing ceremony of this year's Olympics. This also means that medals will only arrive for Southeast Asian sports delegations in the final days of the Games, and even then, they may arrive in large numbers.

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