TCA receives good news. “Jai” has a hope to go to the Olympics. “UCI” points are ranking No. 1 in reserve. If there is a quota available, he will be eligible immediately.

General Decha Hemkasri, President of Thai Cycling Association (TCA), under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, said that it received good news that Jai, a Thai-Australian rider, has a chance to go to the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 after Union…

TCA receives good news. “Jai” has a hope to go to the Olympics. “UCI” points are ranking No. 1 in reserve. If there is a quota available, he will be eligible immediately.

TCA receives good news. “Jai” has a hope to go to the Olympics. “UCI” points are ranking No. 1 in reserve. If there is a quota available, he will be eligible immediately.

General Decha Hemkasri, President of Thai Cycling Association (TCA), under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, said that it received good news that Jai, a Thai-Australian rider, has a chance to go to the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 after Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) combined points in the qualification of Men’s Keirin. Jai is No.1 in reserve, if the quota is available for just a seat, regardless of any reason,  he will be eligible to go through the Olympic Games immediately.


General Decha revealed that after the process of collecing points in the qualification of two disciplines of Road Races and Track in the 32th Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 was completed in October 2019 for the road discipline and for track discipline in March 2020. The results have shown that Thai national team has already received a quota of the female road race category from "Beaze" Lieutenant Jutatip Maneeraphan, who is currently undergoing rehearsals to save her health from the covid-19 epidemic that has had a severe impact on the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 has to be postponed to next year.

 

General Decha said that the TCA received latest good news from Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that from the Olympic Games the qualification system of Tokyo 2020 in the men’s Kirin, it appears that “TJ” Jai Angsuthasawit, a Thai national cyclist, is No.1 in reserve which means that if there is a quota available for any reason by June 30, 2020, the Keirin total points champion of the UCI Track World Cup will be eligible to go through the 32nd Summer Olympic Games immediately.  Now he himself still continues to practice to maintain physical conditions while waiting for the  situation of the COVID-19 unraveled. After that, he will travel back to the World Cycling Center (WCC) in Switzerland along with teammates, Warayut Kapunya and Chaturong Niwatti to continue  training plans with an aim at the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, France.