Orrawan Paranang and Suthasinee Sawetbut, two Thai female table tennis players, did not face a difficult task in the first round of the Paris Games table tennis. Movement of the Thai table tennis team, which is the first Thai sports team to arrive in Paris. The latest last night (24 July), the organizers have drawn the individual and women's team competitions. The women's singles first round will start on 27 July. "Thip" Aworawan Paranang, ranked 36th in the world, will meet Margarita Pesotska, ranked 85th in the world from Ukraine. "Ying" Suthasini Sawettabut, ranked 55th in the world, who is the first Thai female table tennis player to reach the last 16 in the Tokyo Games, will meet Natalia Bayer, ranked 48th in the world from Poland. As for the women's team, which consists of 16 countries, the competition will be held from 5-10 August. The Thai women's team will meet the host country, France, ranked 8th in the world, in a knockout competition. US First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Paris, France, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Tuesday night (July 26). This is her first public appearance since President Joe Biden dropped out of the Democratic presidential race. Jill Biden arrived in a white Team USA sweatshirt with representatives from the US government and Casey Wasserman, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in four years. The French national police spokesman confirmed that France is focusing on the security of delegations from around the world and cybersecurity to prevent the spread of fake news before the opening ceremony tomorrow night. For example, the Israeli delegation will need special security. France has sent 35,000 police officers to work each day, increasing to 45,000 for the opening ceremony, as well as 10,000 military personnel to support the order. There is also assistance from 44 countries sending more than 2,000 officers to help maintain the peace. Source: Thai News Agency
Sunday, September 08, 2024