Thailand out of Asian games top 10 for first time in 24 years

[snoop1130]

Thailand out of Asian games top 10 for first time in 24 years

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Thailand's four-member women's Sepak Takraw team beat Vietnam Saturday to win the gold.

 

BANGKOK — For the first time in more than two decades, Thailand failed to secure a top-10 medal ranking at the Asian Games after they ended Sunday.

 

As more than 100 Thai athletes started returning from Jakarta, Indonesia, Thailand faced a rude awakening after finishing 12th with 73 medals: 11 golds, 16 silvers and 46 bronzes – their worst performance since 1994.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/asean/2018/09/03/thailand-out-of-asian-games-top-10-for-first-time-in-20-years/

 

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[Esso49]

Now that's a shame. Most probably it is not that the Thais have got worse in their respective sports,  but rather other nations have improved.  If you google the respective sporting associations of those in the top 10 and then dig down deeper you will find nearly all,  with the exception of China (can not find any info) employ top foreign coaches in many of their sports. I am not saying that is the sole reason for their sporting excellence, but most certainly, judging by results,  it appears to have made a positive contribution.

[spidermike007]

When you have a ministry called the ministry of sports and tourism, that is as far as you need to go, in determining the root cause of this problem. With tourism maintaining such an important and dominant position within the Thai economy, how do they justify handling the nations sports, within that same fabulously incompetent ministry? Who is making this stuff up? Why such a staggering lack of vision, and why such indifference to sport, on a leadership level? There is plenty of sport talent here in Thailand, when it comes to gold, tennis, boxing, volleyball, and many other world sports. But, it is being mismanaged, no doubt the athletes are not getting the kind of support, training, and leadership they need. 

The culprit is Weerasak Kowsurat. And his background? He has some experience as tourism minister, having done that before. But sports? Here is his recipe for improving tourism- 

 

One promising segment that is emerging is Buddhist tourism. This niche market not only draws newcomers from international markets to the kingdom, but it also boosts travel to the wider ASEAN region. To tap this opportunity, I plan to develop connecting routes for those who are interested in Buddhist philosophy as well as faith-based visitors taking part in pilgrimages. This will include people who are interested in meditation, as well as those visitors who are keen to learn more about the cultural and historical aspects of Buddhism, such as its art, shrines, architecture and way of life. The government is also launching several other projects to improve tourism services and safety, such as improving roads to attractions, training sector personnel, and building more ramps for elderly and disabled visitors. This will also be in line with our “Tourism for All” concept aimed at promoting universal design at key attractions to ensure equal access.

 

[Sonhia]

Oh dear.

 

Lose of face...

 

Possible punishments handed out for not bring perfect...

[wotsdermatter]

42 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

One promising segment that is emerging is Buddhist tourism. This niche market not only draws newcomers from international markets to the kingdom, but it also boosts travel to the wider ASEAN region. To tap this opportunity, I plan to develop connecting routes for those who are interested in Buddhist philosophy as well as faith-based visitors taking part in pilgrimages. This will include people who are interested in meditation, as well as those visitors who are keen to learn more about the cultural and historical aspects of Buddhism, such as its art, shrines, architecture and way of life. 

I have no idea where the above noted comment derived but I do ask, which century does the writer refer to because he/she makes reference to Buddhism but no other philosophical way of life, but makes the sweeping and encompassing inclusion of peoples from world wide origins coming to Thailand to focus on Buddhist activities, e.g. meditation - which is not a Buddhism original - pilgrimages, learning about the origins of Buddhism - which was in India - and other concepts of the philosophy, including, "... its art, shrines, architecture and way of life. "   No mention is made of other countries that adopted Buddhism before Thailand did.  Another piece of brown stuff from the rear end of an elephant or any other animal?  Alternatively, the writer has his/her head stuck in that location and is part of the substance that mushrooms are grown in.

 

'nuf sed

 

 

 

 

Edited September 4, 2018 by wotsdermatter

[DrTuner]

Maybe they should add sugar eating and facebooking to the games, numbah 1!

[Eric Loh]

Football was the biggest disappointment. Couldn’t even get out of the group stage. In contrast, woman volleyball did well to made it to the final against mighty China. 

[Shaunduhpostman]

Too bad that there are no Mattayom school sports. Considering how much Thais love futbol, there should be a national mania over school teams and competitions. School sports competition and leagues in all major sports while requiring a lot of funding and freedom from corruption would be very rewarding for Thailand. Don't think it will ever arrive here tho'. Perhaps the Thai way is one that shrugs off talent as "not my problem," its not just in sport, but everywhere, in the workplace, the classroom etc. Its as tho' people with ability and talent are discouraged and shunned, much in the way that foreigners who reside here and want to volunteer are blocked from doing so. Seems it is the same for Thais as well, you'll be blocked, generally speaking, from contributing, so what motivation do people have to become great at athletics or anything for that matter?

[Esso49]

4 minutes ago, Shaunduhpostman said:

Too bad that there are no Mattayom school sports. Considering how much Thais love futbol, there should be a national mania over school teams and competitions. School sports competition and leagues in all major sports while requiring a lot of funding and freedom from corruption would be very rewarding for Thailand. Don't think it will ever arrive here tho'. Perhaps the Thai way is one that shrugs off talent as "not my problem," its not just in sport, but everywhere, in the workplace, the classroom etc. Its as tho' people with ability and talent are discouraged and shunned, much in the way that foreigners who reside here and want to volunteer are blocked from doing so. Seems it is the same for Thais as well, you'll be blocked, generally speaking, from contributing, so what motivation do people have to become great at athletics or anything for that matter?

You posted "Considering how much Thais love "Futbol".   Sure they do and just look back 3 years on this forum as to why they do.  I have never seen any formal report out since then,  but then this is Thailand,  and you will find out the massive corruption that went on when Futbol facilities were supposedly updated at many schools.  Thais love of "Futbol" is seriously out-weighed by their love of thieving from public funds, another reason why Thai's are falling behind other nations.  The facilities they should have they are being deprived of by corruption at even the lowest levels.

[spidermike007]

3 hours ago, wotsdermatter said:

I have no idea where the above noted comment derived but I do ask, which century does the writer refer to because he/she makes reference to Buddhism but no other philosophical way of life, but makes the sweeping and encompassing inclusion of peoples from world wide origins coming to Thailand to focus on Buddhist activities, e.g. meditation - which is not a Buddhism original - pilgrimages, learning about the origins of Buddhism - which was in India - and other concepts of the philosophy, including, "... its art, shrines, architecture and way of life. "   No mention is made of other countries that adopted Buddhism before Thailand did.  Another piece of brown stuff from the rear end of an elephant or any other animal?  Alternatively, the writer has his/her head stuck in that location and is part of the substance that mushrooms are grown in.

 

'nuf sed

 

 

 

 

 

It was a quote from a recent speech given by the illustrious tourism minister. The purpose of the quote was to establish how brain dead, non visionary, tone deaf, and incompetent this man is. And to think he is also in charge of the nation's sports? The secondary purpose was to ask, how on earth could anyone be capable of running a ministry that is supposed to deal with both tourism, and sports, and do it effectively? Are sports really that poorly regarded here by the numnuts at the top? Do they not have any pride?