Olympics Archives - HamroKhelkud

12May

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Badminton, Olympics, Racquet

Prince To Compete At The Paris Olympics

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu (HamroKhelkud) - Prince Dahal, formerly ranked No. 1 in the junior world badminton rankings, has secured his spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Nepali badminton player to do so. The 19-year-old will compete in the Olympics through the Universality Quota, as confirmed by the World Badminton Federation (BWF) in a statement released on Saturday. In the badminton category, athletes were vying for 166 regular quota spots (83 men and 83 women), along with 3 universality quota spots and one Olympic refugee quota spot. Universality spots are designated to provide athletes from nations with limited representation the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Among the three badminton players chosen worldwide for the universality qu...

Nepal to compete only against Vietnam in the initial stage of Olympic Qualifiers

27Mar

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football, Football, International, Olympics

Nepal to compete only against Vietnam in the initial stage of Olympic Qualifiers

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The Nepal National Women's Football Team will only have to compete against Vietnam in the Asian Qualifiers (First Round) of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024. Nepal was initially pitted in Group 'C' along with Afghanistan, Palestine, and Vietnam. However, due to Palestine's and Afghanistan's withdrawal from the qualifiers, Nepal will now only face Vietnam. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) issued a statement stating that it will not allow players outside the country to represent them or plan to organize a women's national team. With this, Nepal will now host only Vietnam in the two qualifier matches in the Dasarath Stadium on April 5 and 8 as informed by the All Nepal Football Association amidst a press conference at th...

Olympic scholarship to 10 athletes including Subash and Prince

27Jul

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general, Olympics

Olympic scholarship to 10 athletes including Subash and Prince

By a Staff Reporter 10 athletes from 10 different sports have been provided with Olympic scholarship focusing on the 2024 Summer Olympics to be held in Paris, France. The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) informed that the players have been selected based on the recommendations of the respective sports associations which has been accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Sanyog Kapali of table tennis (individual), Payish Yonjan of fencing, Nasir Yaha Hussain of swimming (200m freestyle), Prince Dahal of badminton (individual), Manita Shrestha Pradhan of judo (under 56 kg), Sushmita Nepal of shooting (10-minute air rifle), Taekwondo's Unisia Rai (under 49 kg), Dance Sport's Deepak Lama (B Bowing), Golf's Subash Tamang (individual) and Weightlifting's Sagar Bhandari (unde...

22Jun

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Olympics

Olympians’ reunion

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal’s Olympians held a reunion on Tuesday on the occasion of the Olympic Day 2022. The players who represented Nepal in the Olympics gathered together at the initiative of Nepal Olympians’ Association (NOA). Nepali Olympians who took part in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well as those who participated in other Olympics until the recently held Tokyo 2020 Olympics were present during the reunion. There are altogether 88 Olympians in Nepal including 84 who attended the Summer Olympics and 4 who took part in the Youth Olympics. Among them, 9 Olympians have already passed away. During the reunion, NOA felicitated 12 senior Olympians. Those who were felicitated include Nam Singh Thapa (boxing), Ram Prasad Gurung (boxing), Umesh Maskey (boxing), Rab...

Nepal Olympian Association to organize special programmes to mark the Olympic Day

17Jun

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Olympics

Nepal Olympian Association to organize special programmes to mark the Olympic Day

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Olympian Association (NOA), the umbrella organization of Nepali Olympians, is preparing to mark the Olympic Day 2020 by organizing a reunion. The NOA is also planning to organize five special programmes on the occasion. Organising a press meet in the capital on Friday, NOA said that they will mark the Olympic Day by conducting various programmes from June 19 to 23. Under its programme, NOA will organize a friendly table tennis against Nepal National and International Players Association (NNIPA) at AVS School in Lalitpur on Sunday. On Monday, the Olympians will play a friendly football match against Nepal Sports Journalists Forum at ANFA Complex, Satdobato. The Olympians’ reunion programme has been fixed for Tuesday. Accordi...

Dr Malla, Giri felicitated on Women’s Day

8Mar

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Olympics

Dr Malla, Giri felicitated on Women’s Day

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu- Nepal Olympic Committee has felicitated two women associated with the sports fraternity on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. The Women’s and Sports Commission of NOC on Tuesday felicitated Dr Sudha Sen Malla, who is also a former taekwondo player, and National Sports Council’s employee Julum Giri. Both of them were felicitated with cash prize. NOC President Jeevan Ram Shrestha handed them letter of appreciation along with cash prize of Rs 25,000 each. The commission has been honouring a woman each from the technical and administrative fields each year. Dr Malla bagged the award in technical category. Malla, who started learning taekwondo at the age of 8 while she was in Hong Kong, received a black belt in 1983. She had also won a go...

21Feb

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Olympics

Curtain falls on Winter Olympics in Beijing

Agencies Beijing doused its Olympic flame on Sunday night, closing the winter games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. According to Reuters, Chinese President Xi Jinping was on hand for the snowflake-themed ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium, where International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach described the Beijing Games as "truly exceptional" before declaring them closed. The Beijing Games, contained inside a "closed loop", were the second Olympics in six months to be deprived by COVID-19 of much of its festivity, the news agency further reported. They were also stalked by politics, with several countries staging a diplomati...

4Feb

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Olympics

Winter Olympics kicks off in Beijing

Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, followed by a burst of fireworks that marked the start of an Olympics marred by the COVID-19 pandemic and criticism over human rights in China. Friday's ceremony in a partially-filled Bird's Nest stadium - the scene of Beijing's triumphant 2008 Summer Games launch - was filled with imagery of ice and snow, with Xi's declaration followed by red-suited "skaters" sliding across virtual ice, according to Reuters. Held on the first day of Spring by the Chinese calendar, it began with a performance by dancers waving glowing green stalks to convey the vitality of the season, followed by an explosion of white and green fireworks that spelled the word "Spring", the news agency further rep...

Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon not in initial list of 2028 Olympics

3Feb

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Olympics

Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon not in initial list of 2028 Olympics

Agency Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have not been included on the initial list for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but could be added at a later date, the BBC reported. According to the British news portal, the International Olympic Committee session in Beijing on Thursday approved a programme of 28 sports for the 2028 Olympics, with a "strong focus on youth". Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing have been included, BBC further reported. Organisers of the Los Angeles Olympics will be able to propose additional sports in 2023. Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon could be added to the programme next year if they successfully demonstrate they have addressed issues within their sports. Boxing's international federation, the AIBA, must show i...

Paralympic : Palesha misses out on historic medal

3Sep

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Martial Art, Olympics

Paralympic : Palesha misses out on historic medal

KATHMANDU: Palesha Goverdan missed out on a historic medal in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Friday. Palesha went down fighting by 12-9 to Yuji Li of China in the bronze medal match. Palesha was on the verge of winning the first-ever Olympic medal in the history of Nepali sports. Palesha, who competed in the women's K44 category in the 58 kg weight category, lost to Beth Munro of Great Britain in the first match of the competition. After losing 21-8, Palesha's chances of winning a gold medal were dashed. In the repechage, Palesha defeated American Brianna Salinaro in the quarterfinals. She advanced to the semifinals after beating American Salinaro 10-0. This was the first time that any Nepali athlete had won the Olympics. Palesha defeated Marija Misev of Serbia in the sem...