Nepali Taekwondo Team Departs for 27th Asian Kyorugi Championship

Kathmandu. A 9-member Nepali team including 7 players will depart for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Tuesday to participate in the 27th Asian Kyorugi Taekwondo Championship. The championship, which is also a qualifying event for the 20th Asian Games to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, will feature 3 male and 4 female players representing Nepal. Players who reach the quarterfinals in the competition, scheduled from May 19 to May 25, will automatically qualify for the Asian Games. In the men's category, Sumit Bisht will compete in under 58 kg, Sahil Sunuwar in under 63 kg, and Abhishek Baral in under 80 kg. Similarly, in the women's category, Santoshi Rai will compete in under 46 kg, Gita Kathayat in under 53 kg, Shubhangi Shrestha in under 57 kg, and Sonia Gaire in under 49 kg. Although the competition starts on May 19, Nepal's matches are scheduled to begin only on May 21. The coaches for the Nepali team are Purnakumar Yonjan, Sayed Hasan Reje, and Sandipa Amgain. National Sports Council (NSC) Member-Secretary Ramcharitra Mehta and former NSC Executive Committee member Bhanubhakta Chand bid farewell to the Nepali team departing for Mongolia at a program organized on Monday, wishing them success. Meanwhile, another Nepali team has already arrived in Mongolia to participate in the 9th Asian Poomsae Taekwondo Championship, also to be held in Ulaanbaatar. Yuvraj Rana Magar and Swastika Tamang will compete for Nepal in the Poomsae competition, which serves as a qualifier for the Asian Games.