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But there was disappointment for the Kingdom's boxers and tennis players, who had to be content with silver medals.

Damrongsak, 36, and Sakda, 25, beat all rivals at the Doha Sailing Club to win the hobie 16 Open and claim an 11th gold for Thailand. The two came to get the gold they were unable to grab four years ago in the previous Games at Busan, where they won the silver.

"I was determined to win after I lost the gold medal to Singapore in the Busan Asian Games," said Damrongsak, who also won the Asiad gold medal in 1998.

"I'm lucky to have a good crew like my brother. Together we had been working hard and it paid off," said the veteran, who claimed one could never be too old to sail.

Then, in the evening, Rawat and Purich sealed Thailand's 12th gold in the sepak takraw men's doubles with a 21-17 21-15 over the Burmese team.

Meanwhile, there was sadness at Aspire Hall when boxing hopes Suban Pannon and Angkhan Chomphuphuang were outclassed by their opponents in the flyweight and welterweight categories, respectively, and had to settle for silvers.

Suban lost a one-sided fight to Chinese Zou Shiming, the 2005 world champion. "I fought with no confidence," Suban said later.

It was the same for former Wushu fighter Angkhan whose bout against Kazakhstan's Bakhyet Sarsekbayev was stopped with the latter leading the first at 28-8. Angkhan might have failed to win his second Games gold but he has already made history by becoming the first Thai to win medals in different disciplines.

"I lost because I had less experience than him. I feel upset. I really wanted to get the gold medal," Angkhan said.

Perhaps the most disappointing result occurred in the tennis. Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana squandered seven gold medal points when beaten by the classy Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in a nerve-wrecking men's doubles final.

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