'Boom Nattawat' narrowly lost, missed out on winning the bronze medal at the 2024 World Youth Taekwondo Championships. Today, two Thai youth kickers will compete. 2024 World Junior Taekwondo Championships, 'Chuncheon 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championship' in Chuncheon, South Korea, the first day has 3 gold medals up for grabs, 63 kg men's category. 'Boom' Nattawat Boonchang, a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Bosnia, started the first round by winning 2-0 against Khaled Alhunaif from Kuwait. He will face Gustavo Andres Garcia Davilla from Puerto Rico in the second round. 'Boom' continued to kick aggressively and won 2-0 before the last 16, relying on precise weapons, winning 2-0 against Karan Landa from the United Kingdom. Coming to the quarterfinals, if he wins this round he will guarantee a bronze medal. "Boom" duels with Vasif Saleemov from Azerbaijan. In the first round he missed and was intercepted by kicks to the head and body, losing 0-6. In the second round, the Thai kic ker tried to intercept kicks, taking the lead 3-2, but missed and was kicked to the body in the last 3 seconds, losing narrowly 3-4, losing 0-2 rounds, missing out on the bronze medal, which was a pity. "Boom" said after the competition that he did his best and admitted that his opponent blocked his weapons well. From now on, he will go back to practicing to develop himself further. Women's 52 kg category, "Bua" Panbua Mormat, the 2023 Asian Youth Champion, had an excellent first round performance, defeating Sakura Oshinden from Japan 2-0 sets, before defeating Ramdin Diani from India 2-0 sets in the second round, entering the last 16 to meet Parnian Nohri, the Iranian kicker. In this match, Panbua won the first round 9-7, but due to her disadvantageous physical condition, she lost the next 2 rounds, losing 1-2 sets 9-7, 0-13, 3-15, unfortunately being eliminated. While in the women's 59kg category, "Nom Sen" Natnicha Saimuang, a rising star who won a bronze medal at the Korea Open 2024 in July, lost in th e first round to Anna Sofia Guevara Ramirez from Mexico 0-2, 3-7, 3-10, and was eliminated in the first round. Coach Tor Peerathep Sila-on, the coach of the Thai national taekwondo team, revealed that it was a pity that they missed out on a medal on the first day. All the youngsters did their best, but there may have been mistakes in timing and self-confidence. As for 'Boom,' he was close to winning a medal. He admitted that the athlete blocked well and scored accurately at the end. However, 'Boom' is only 15 years old, so he still has time to develop. Today's competition program has 2 Thai youth kickers competing: 46 kg women's "Ai-un" Aiyarissara Suksawat, the gold medalist of the 2024 Korea Open Youth, and 45 kg men's "Phumi" Nitipoom Chaiyotha, the former 2022 World Youth Champion in Bulgaria. Source: Thai News Agency
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