Thai Sprinter Sasirawan Intachot Wins Gold and Sets Asian Para Games Record in Nagoya

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Sasirawan Intachot, known as 'Aum', won gold in the women's 200 metres T47 at the 5th Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 20, 2026. She clocked 25.23 seconds in the final, breaking her own previous record set during the qualifying round. This victory marked Thailand's second gold medal of the Games and the first athletics gold for the Thai para-athletics team. Maitree Khongrueang, president of the Sports Association for the Disabled of Thailand, congratulated Intachot on social media. He also announced that she received a business-class flight home to Thailand as a reward. This reward was originally an informal promise made before the team's departure after athletes expressed a desire to fly business class. It was later approved by the National Paralympic Committee of Thailand as a standard gift for gold medalists across all sports associations.