Manita Shahi became the first Nepalese athlete to bag any medal in the ongoing 15th Asian Games being held in Qatar, Doha. Shahi won the bronze medal in the 63-kg category of Taekwondo on Thursday. She was defeated by an athlete from Chinese Taipei Wen Su Li in the semifinals. Earlier she had trounced Sangya Wangmo of Bhutan in a quarterfinal match after defeating Varsah Bende of India in the first round.
Shahi is a gold medalist at the Tenth South Asian Games held recently in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
However, other medal aspirants failed to win any medal on various categories of Taekwondo on Thursday. Among them include Ramesh Kumar Shrestha, Kumar Manandhar and Yan Kumari Chaulagain. On Friday also, Nepalese athletes will be taking part in Taekwondo competition. Taekwondo, karate and judo are few events in which Nepalese athletes are expected to bring home some medals.
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