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  "id": 11408179,
  "title": "Thai boxer Focus wins historic Asian Games gold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/thai-boxer-focus-wins-historic-asian-games-gold",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:46:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Khaosod English",
    "slug": "khaosod-english",
    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2026/10/02/thai-boxer-focus-wins-historic-asian-games-gold/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nattanicha Jongprongklang, also known as Focus, clinched Thailand's 15th gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday. The Thai-New Zealand boxer overcame North Korea's Pang Chol-mi in the women's 54kg final after three grueling rounds. With a score of 4-1, Nattanicha emerged victorious, becoming the first Thai female boxer to win a gold medal at the Asian Games since the inception of women's boxing in the Games in 2010. The triumph also marks Thailand's sole medal in boxing at the Aichi-Nagoya Games thus far. Pang, a two-time world flyweight champion and a bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics, put up a strong resistance but was unable to overcome Nattanicha's strategic punches.",
  "summary": "Thai-New Zealand boxer Nattanicha Jongprongklang, known as Focus, won Thailand’s 15th gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Friday. Nattanicha defeated North Korea’s Pang Chol-mi 4-1 in the women’s 54kg final after three rounds. Pang, a two-time world flyweight champion in 2018 and 2025, also won bronze in the women’s bantamweight division at […] The post Thai boxer Focus wins…",
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