France, The first round of the competition has officially opened. 'Tennis' Panipak Wongpattanakit is hoping to defend her taekwondo championship. She will meet her opponent from Timor-Leste or Morocco. If she wins 4 matches, she will get a gold medal.The latest news about the Thai national taekwondo team is that the pairing has been officially revealed. It appears that "Tennis" Panipak Wongpattanakit, the 2020 Olympic gold medalist and number 1 in the tournament, will be the first Thai kicker to compete in the women's 49 kg category in the last 16, waiting to meet the winner between Ana Pinto, number 16 in the tournament from Timor-Leste, or Umema El Bushi, number 17 from Morocco. Nong Tennis will compete in her first match at 3:47 p.m. tomorrow (7 August).The semi-finals have a chance to meet Daniela Sosa, the world's 5th seed from Mexico, who was defeated in the 2022 World Championship. If she reaches the final, she will have a chance to rematch 3 years ago with Adriana Iglesias, the tournament's 2nd s eed from Spain, the previous Olympic finalist, who is in the lower bracket.The Thai women's table tennis team, which made a legend by reaching the final 8 teams since its first competition, led by "Ying" Suthasini Sawettabut, "Thip" Orrawan Paranang, and "Bua" Jinnipa Sawettabut, narrowly defeated the host country, France, 3-2 pairs. They are preparing to compete tonight (6 August) at 1:00 AM against Japan, the former runner-up and 2nd place in the tournament. All 3 of them thanked everyone for their support and will try to do their best in the game against Japan.Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Final, 24-year-old World Champion and 2020 Olympic Champion Armand Duplantis from Sweden cleared 6.25 meters to win his second consecutive gold medal and break his own world record of 6.24 meters set in April this year in China.In the 3x3 basketball final, the men's team category, the Netherlands met France. This game was close before the game ended in a 16-16 draw, requiring extra time to determine the champion. Fra nce got a layup from Timothy Verjiet to put France up 17-16, but just a split second before the end of the game, Worthy de Jong would be the hero with a 2-point shot, helping the Netherlands edge out the game 18-17 and take home the gold medal.Source: Thai News Agency