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Puripol Boonson Completes Asian Games Sprint Double
Puripol Boonson is a sprinter from Thailand.
At the Asian Games in Nagoya, he won both the 100-meter and 200-meter races.
He won the 100 meters in a Games-record time of 9.90 seconds.
In the 200 meters, he ran 19.88 seconds.
That time matched the Asian record held by China’s Xie Zhenye.
Puripol ran on a wet track but still finished far ahead of the other competitors.
Huang Youwen of China came second, and Mizukubo Soshi of Japan came third.
Puripol finished the Games with two individual sprint gold medals.
Thailand’s Puripol Boonson won the men’s 200m in 19.88 seconds at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
The time matched China’s Xie Zhenye’s Asian record set in 2019.
Puripol had already won the 100m in a Games-record 9.90 seconds.
China’s Huang Youwen took 200m silver in 20.45 seconds, while Japan’s Mizukubo Soshi won bronze in 20.56.
The 20-year-old became the first Thai athlete described in the report to leave the Games with both individual sprint golds.
- Who
- Thailand’s 20-year-old sprinter Puripol Boonson won both individual men’s sprint titles.
- What
- He won the 200m in 19.88 seconds, matching the Asian record, after winning the 100m in 9.90 seconds.
- Where
- The 200m final was held at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya.
- When
- He won the 100m on Friday and the 200m on Sunday during Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
- Why
- Puripol was seeking to improve on his 100m silver at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and had targeted the 19.88-second Asian record.
Key facts
- Athlete
- Puripol Boonson
- Country
- Thailand
- 200m time
- 19.88 seconds
- 100m time
- 9.90 seconds
- 200m record
- Equalled the Asian record set by Xie Zhenye in 2019
- 200m silver
- Huang Youwen of China, 20.45 seconds
- 200m bronze
- Mizukubo Soshi of Japan, 20.56 seconds
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