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Section: General News - Thailand shoots up the medal table as sailors, sepak takraw teams and taekwondo exponent grab six gold medals, The Nation reports.
The Kingdom's athletes swooped up six gold medals at Asian Games, propelling Thailand to No 5 on the medals table.
The six gold medals came from the men's and women's sepak takraw teams, taekwondo exponent Chutchawal Khaolaor, and the awesome trio of sailors - Damrongsak Vongthimin, Noppakao Poonpat and Keerati Bualong.
It was a dramatic turnaround for Thailand after a bleak first week when 19-year-old Sarita Phongsri was the only gold medallist, in the under-63kg cateogory of women's taekwondo.
With seven gold, seven silver and 19 …