Record-breaker Puripol aims to sprint onto the Olympic podium
KUALA LUMPUR: Newly crowned Asian Games 100m champion Puripol Boonson has set his sights on winning medals at the world championships and the Olympics after breaking the Games record twice in a single evening on Friday.
Nagoya, Japan - Thai sprinter Puripol Boonson, a proud Asian Games 100m champion, has set his sights on Olympic glory after shattering records at the Asian Games on Friday night. The 20-year-old clocked a blistering 9.90 seconds in the final, an Olympic record, to claim gold. He had already broken the mark during the semi-finals with a 9.91-second run, the second-fastest time ever clocked by an Asian sprinter.
Puripol, who made his Olympic debut in Paris in 2024, finishing 21st, expressed his excitement for the upcoming championships and Olympics. Despite a slower start than some of his rivals, he gathered speed to win the race comfortably. He admitted that he had told himself to be patient and keep going, and his dream of bringing home a medal had finally come true.
In the podium finish, Oman's Ali Al Balushi secured silver with a time of 10.04 seconds, while his countryman Malham Al Balushi grabbed bronze in 10.11 seconds.
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