Popular Post snoop1130 Posted August 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 Thailand’s sprint sensation, 16-year-old Puripol Boonson, has been named by the World Athletics as the Number One 100-metre sprinter in the Under-18 age group, with a record of 10.09 seconds, set at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships held in Colombia last Tuesday (August 2nd), according to the World Athletics website. The previous record of 10.15 seconds was held by American sprinter Anthony Schwartz since 2017. Puripol also set a national record of 20.19 seconds in the 200-metre sprint in Kazakhstan on June 27th. Despite joining the SEA Games for the first time in Hanoi in May, he won three golds. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/16-year-old-thai-boy-named-world-athletics-fastest-100m-under-18-sprinter/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-08-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RanongCat Posted August 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 Well done. Asia rising many places, many ways ! ???? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PPGuy Posted August 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 Watched the U20's last week and was impressed by Boonson's showing in the 100m event. He finished 4th and only a poor start deprived him of a bronze medal. The top 2 were a class apart but being only 16 years old he clearly has immense potential. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexxy Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Nekk Minit: The power of papaya documentary.... (Of my 28 posts, this is my least proud) Edited August 10, 2022 by lextsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: 10.09 good work wow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post starky Posted August 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 Great to see a positive Thailand story. Congratulations young fella. What a result! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted August 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 Very impressive... Would love to see him in a few years competing in the World Championships and Olympics and doing Thailand proud. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Compliments and congratulations for the boy..Thailand should do more to find and improve talents of the youth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdey Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Good news. Good luck to the boy. Hope he can avoid the people who will offer to manage his career, tell him which races to throw etc. There’s a reason we don’t have many famous, international athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBear57 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 He needs to get the right coaching and this is expensive. Will it be available in Thailand, I doubt it. Also will he have the dedication required to keep the training up. I certainly didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 17 hours ago, RanongCat said: Well done. Asia rising many places, many ways ! ???? "to provide financial support to Puripol, so he can be trained abroad by international coaches, alongside other world-class athletes. The campaign has been signed up to by more than 600 people in just two days. The campaigner claimed that being trained abroad will offer athletes like Puripol a chance to improve their performance more effectively" National Pride in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Clearly a talented athlete. I don’t remember any Asian sprinters doing well in the past so he will be a big story if he continues to improve in a sport typically dominated by other ethnicities. Much like Tiger Woods, Naoya Inoue etc. Hopefully he can avoid the pitfalls that ruins many young athletes when they taste fame, wealth, adoration etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 12:23 PM, RanongCat said: Well done. Asia rising many places, many ways ! ???? When regions or countries are at very low levels across the board they can hardly fall any further. So the only way is up. This kid is a wonderfully naturally gifted individual and his great physical ability is nothing to do with “Asia” or birthplace ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanongCat Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 17 hours ago, TropicalGuy said: When regions or countries are at very low levels across the board they can hardly fall any further. So the only way is up. This kid is a wonderfully naturally gifted individual and his great physical ability is nothing to do with “Asia” or birthplace ! Oh ? So his new world record is only because otrher non Asia place can not longer go any faster ? Natural gift or genetic capacity ? He beat themn all ! Asia rising from being allowed to compete honest. This the difference in non proffessional sport. No payment to lose ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenZ Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) On 8/11/2022 at 10:43 AM, LittleBear57 said: He needs to get the right coaching and this is expensive. Will it be available in Thailand, I doubt it. Also will he have the dedication required to keep the training up. I certainly didn't. Did you manage a 10.09s 100m sprint? I have no doubt he'll find a good coach and have the necessary motivation to continue. How do you think he reached 10.09 in the first place? At 16, at 10.09s, he's already famous and a household name among the athletic community. The 100m is a gold ribbon event that makes people famous. He's going to let that go? It's already money in the bank. Edited August 14, 2022 by JensenZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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