Surin Welcomes Sprinter Phuripl Bunson With Nine-Elephant Parade
Surin Province will welcome home Thai sprinter Phuripl 'Biew' Bunson, a double Asian Games gold medalist, with a procession of nine elephants on October 19 at 5:00 p.m. The elephant parade will travel from the Mueang Surin district office through the city center to a new garden where an official ceremony will be held. Phuripl recently won gold in the men's 100 m and 200 m at the Asian Games, setting Games records and sharing the Asian 200 m record with China’s Xie Zhenye.
Surin Province is preparing a grand welcome for Thai sprinter 'Biew' Phuripl Bunson, the double Asian Games gold medalist, who will return home on October 19 at 5:00 p.m. The province will organize a procession of nine elephants marching from the Mueang Surin district office along the main road, passing the police station, turning right in front of the SWC office, and heading to the new garden where an official reception ceremony will be held. Phuripl won gold in the men's 100 m, breaking the Asian Games record, and gold in the men's 200 m, also breaking the Asian Games record, with a time of 19.88 seconds, sharing the Asian continental record with Chinese sprinter Xie Zhenye.
