Coach's sniping humbles shooter

Coach's sniping humbles shooter

JAKARTA (JP): Finishing second was bad enough for top-ranked
marksman Panichpatikum Jakkrit. But the Thai then had to suffer
the second humiliation of a public dressing-down.

He had already won gold in the team free pistol event when he
stepped up to the shooting line in the individual competition. In
an agonizingly close contest, Panichpatikum lost by just 0.1
point to Carolino Gonzales of the Philippines.

The worst was yet to come. Panichpatikum's coach could not
contain his anger, ripping into the shooter in full view of
assembled reporters and athletes.

Neither man would comment, but Panichpatikum's bowed head and
ashen face spoke volumes. (ste)