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Thai women's beach volleyball pair Bright Tharawadi Narapornlapas and Best Vorapheera-chayakorn Kongphonsarawattadi defeated China to win the gold medal at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The match, held on October 2, 2026, was the women's beach volleyball final. The fourth-seeded Thai duo faced the second-seeded Chinese team of Xie Xinyi and Yan Shu, the current Asian runners‑up. Bright and Best took the first set 21-17, lost the second 13-21, and clinched the deciding set 15-8 to win 2-1. The victory gives Thailand its second gold in the event, the first coming 28 years ago when Mansanan Pangka and Rattanarporn Aalisuk won at the 1998 Asian Games held in Thailand.

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