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Rungroj Thainiyom and Chalermpong Phunphoo reunited after six years to chase their first world championship title together on home soil at the ITTF World Para Table Tennis Championships Pattaya 2026, held at the PEACH convention center in Pattaya, Chonburi. The match offered crucial world ranking points for qualification to the 2028 Paralympic Games in the United States and coincided with the 100th anniversary of the International Table Tennis Federation.

In the men's doubles MD14 final, Thailand's star duo "Rung" Rungroj Thainiyom and "Nea" Chalermpong Phunphoo faced the world's top-ranked French pair of Clement Berthier and Esteban Herrault, the 2024 Paralympic bronze medalists. Rung and Nea were former partners who won gold in men's doubles at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia; their last tournament together was the 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan. This time they teamed up again after six years with the mission of winning a world title at home.

The match was a world-class duel, highlighted by a third game that went to deuce before the Thai pair won 15-13. The teams then traded games to reach 2-2, forcing a decisive fifth game. Thailand pulled away to lead 10-4 and clinched a thrilling 3-2 victory with scores of 11-8, 6-11, 15-13, 5-11, and 11-5 in 43 minutes. Rungroj and Chalermpong proudly reclaimed the world championship title together once more, securing the first gold medal for the Thai para table tennis team at this world championship.

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