A Thai wheelchair-racing athlete has won a silver model at the Paralympic Games 2016, giving Thailand its first silver medal in the international competition.
The 20-year-old Thai athlete Pongsakorn Paeyor won a silver medal in the men’s 100 meter T53 wheelchair race at the Paralympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pongsakorn’s performance took 14.8 seconds, giving him second place over a Chinese racer by only 0.05 second.
The gold medal winner of the race was Canadian racer Brent Lakatos who completed the race in 14.44 seconds.
