Planning already underway for two major sports events 

By The Nation

 

 

The Sports Authority of Thailand on Tuesday held its first ever orientation for those competing at the SEA Games in December and next year’s Olympics.

 

Athletes and officials were addressed by experts in various fields at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, providing advice on sports science, psychology, diet, prohibited substances as well as the various therapies they might need.

 

Nattavuth Ruengves, deputy-governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, said the gathering was part of the “Road to Tokyo” project, adding: “This is the first time we have organised an official orientation for Olympics athletes under, who have trained since December last year, and for the SEA Games athletes, who have trained since April.”

 

SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee said as the governing body of Thai sport, it would provide full support to all associations in many other areas too, such as allocating training venues and equipment, as well as sending sports science specialists, psychologists and nutritionists to assist the athletes.

 

One thing Kongsak opted not to do, however, was set medal targets for the SEA Games, which will be held in the Philippines, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, saying he wanted to avoid exerting undue pressure on the athletes.

 

“SAT will focus on standard sports and take into consideration the difficulty of each discipline for the assessment on sports development,” he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30372164

 

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Two new Olympic events: the six month dash to become a billionaire by politicians - Prawit is hot favourite for the gold;

and the long overdue; passing the most stupid, unenforceable law.  (Home smoking is a leading contender.)

Other events under review:

exporting retirees to Vietnam;

the competition for the most police officers on inactive posts (Pattaya one of the favourites);

the taxi driver returning the most money left on the back seat by forgetful tourists;

the Thai wife who rips of the most money from her beloved farang husband.  (I have a nominee in mind.)

40 minutes ago, mikebell said:

(Home smoking is a leading contender.)

A bit below the belt there Mike. What Peewee meant was; Smoking at home will not be tolerated; unless there is an extractor fan on the go. He just forgot the fan bit. Made him look a bit daft.

 

And while we are on Peewee's case; what has happened to the cartoons?

Edited July 3, 20197 yr by owl sees all

are they planning the usual 13-0 success?

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Thai wife who rips of the most money from her beloved farang husband. 

How about the stupid falang husband that gives his money to a Thai woman then whinges that he got ripped off.Funny how it's the woman's fault when a bloke loses his money!

Well done to them for planning this. Hope it brings success.

On 7/3/2019 at 8:54 AM, FarFlungFalang said:

How about the stupid falang husband that gives his money to a Thai woman then whinges that he got ripped off.Funny how it's the woman's fault when a bloke loses his money!

I fell foul of the racist and archaic property laws here.  I was persuaded Company ownership allowed a farang to 'own' his house.  I was not prepared for corrupt auditors changing the share-holding with the connivance of my wife.