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Thai athlete to run naked after prayer answered(Reuters)Updated: 2006-12-15 21:43 BANGKOK, Dec 15 - A Thai Asian Games gold medallist will run around his training track naked after his prayers were answered as he awaited the result of a photo-finish.
"I didn't know what to do while waiting for the photo result so I just told all the spirits and sacred objects I worship that if I won I would run naked," Sittichai told Reuters. "I am not sure if this gold medal was the result of my ability or the power of the spirits I prayed to," said the 26-year-old naval officer who won a gold in the same relay in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Making promises to amulets, images or spirits is a common practice among Thais in largely Buddhist Southeast Asian nation. But Sittichai declined to say when he would actually run naked. "I won't tell anyone when I will run. I am embarrassed about what I will be doing."
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