SEA Games: Thailand's Olympic taekwondo champion is also a Tiktok star

Panipak Wongpattanakit won Thailand's only gold at last year's Tokyo Olympics in the women's Under-49kg category. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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HANOI - In one of Panipak Wongpattanakit's Tiktok videos, she is eating at least five different types of food ranging from Korean glass noodles to meat wrapped with lettuce.

In others, the taekwondo exponent is either showing off her kicks and training routine or showing snippets of her everyday life.

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