Tokyo Olympics: Winning an Olympic Medal Remains an Unfulfilled Dream for Nepal!

The nation’s last hope Saraswathi couldn’t qualify for the next round in women’s 100m race.

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Nepal’s dream of winning an Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as the nation’s last hope Saraswathi Chaudhary exits from the Tokyo Olympics.

The Nepali athlete exited from the Women’s 100m Preliminary Round as she finished 8^th with the timings 12.91 seconds.

With this, all the five athletes who represented Nepal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 returned home without tasting success.

On Wednesday, Nepali national swimmer Gaurika Singh failed to qualify for the next round even though she set a new national record.

In the Women’s 100m Freestyle, Singh finished the course in 1.0011 minutes, breaking her own record of 1.0062 minutes she set in 2019.

Nepal’s Performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Athlete Name	Sports	Category	Result in Preliminary Rounds	Next Round
Gaurika Singh	Swimming	Women’s 100m freestyle	1:0011 minutes	Did not advance
Alexander Gadegaard Shah	Swimming	Men’s 100m freestyle	53.41 seconds	Did not advance
Kalpana Pariyar	Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle	616.8 points	Did not advance
Soniya Bhatta	Judo	Women’s 48kg	0-10	Did not advance
Saraswati Chaudhary	Running	Women’s 100m race	12.91 seconds	Did not advance