16 November, Kathmandu. The Nepali staff with two gamers goes to Saudi Arabia to play within the ranked event in an try to instantly qualify for the Paralympic Games to be held in Paris, France in 2024.
Olympians Palesha Govardhan and Srijana Ghising from Nepal will compete within the World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix (G-10) event to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from December 8 to 10. These two athletes and coach Kaviran Negi Lama had been felicitated by Nepal Olympic Association President Prakash Shamser Rana and others on Friday. The Nepali staff will go away for the venue on Monday.
Under the K44 class of para taekwondo, Palesha will compete within the 57 kg weight group and Srijana will compete within the 52 kg weight group. Palesha, who got here near a medal within the 2020 Tokyo Para Olympics, is at the moment ranked tenth on this planet in her weight class. Srijana is ranked 14th on this planet rankings in her weight group.
Only high 16 ranked gamers on this planet rating will likely be allowed to take part on this event.
Coach Lama stated that this event goes to be performed in keeping with the technique of collaborating within the official ranked event decided by the World Taekwondo as an effort to instantly qualify for the Olympics. Athletes who rank sixth on this planet rankings of their weight group get direct entry to the Olympics. Earlier, Palesha’s participation within the Tokyo Olympics was by way of a wild card.
Para Olympian Palesha Gorvadhan received gold medal in Asian Youth Games and silver medal in Asian Games and Srijana Ghising received silver medal in Youth Asian Games and silver medal in Dalbuty President Cup two years in the past.
WT Gala Award-2022 can also be being organized in Saudi throughout the competitors. In the ceremony, the World Taekwondo Federation will reward the very best gamers, coaches, referees and member organizations with money awards.