Selection of taekwondo players from Madhes province for the 9th National Games
Simara: 20 taekwondo players from Madhes province have been selected for the 9th National Games to be held in Pokhara in the last week of Asoj.
From Bhadra 30th to Asoj 2nd, 16 players were selected for taekwondo and four players for three categories of Pumsey in different weight groups from the selection games held in Bardibas. There are 10 men and 10 women selected.
Among the male taekwondo athletes selected for the National Games are Aftaf Alam (58 kg), Mohammad Soheb (63 kg), Vigyan Dangol (63 kg), Arbaz Hussain Ansari (68 kg), Deepak Pandit (74 kg), Amit Kumar Singh (87 kg), Pawan Kumar Shrestha (80 kg), and Vikas Tamang (above 87 kg).
Similarly, among women taekwondo players, Kanchan Khadka (46 kg), Manisha Waiba (49 kg), Anjali Rai (53 kg), Pushpa Rakhal Magar (57 kg), Pratima Adhikari (62 kg), Ishita Gurung (67 kg), Leela Shrestha ( 73 kg) and Anu Basnet (above 73 kg) has been selected.
Nischal Dhami, Manoj Kumar Thakur, Pushpa Rakhal Magar and Barshaat Lama have been selected for the three categories of pumsey. Nischal will compete in Pumsey singles, Nischal and Pushpa will compete in Pumsey pairs, while Nischal, Barshat and Manoj will compete in the other pair category.
While Nischal will compete in three categories in the national sports, Pushpa, who has also been selected in the 57 kg weight group, will compete in one category each, along with Barshaat and Manoj. 74 men and 57 women players participated in the provincial level selection games. Among the participants, six players from Bara and seven from Parsa have been selected.
Prahlad Chhetri, Head of Bardibas Municipality, Ziaul Ansari, Head of Sports, Ministry of Women, Children, Youth and Sports, Madhes Province, Hiralal Gautam, President of Hotel and Tourism Business Association, organized the selection match organized by the Ministry of Women, Children, Youth and Sports of Madhes Province and in coordination with the Nepal Taekwondo Association Provincial Committee. , international judge Rabindra Malla, Jeet Singh Lama, Nepal Taekwondo Association Provincial Vice President Lakshman Bhandari, Provincial Co-Treasurer Dhan Bahadur Lamichhane, Provincial members Purna Bahadur Ranamgar, Tek Bahadur Syangbo, Dhanusha District President Tilak Lama, Sarlahi President Khadgaprasad Sapkota and Rautahat Secretary Keshav Khadka were also present.
Devendra Lama conducted the program in the selection match held under the coordination of Mahottari District Working Committee. The selection game was completed under the chairmanship of Rajkumar Lama, General Secretary of the Nepal Taekwondo Association State Committee.
