Shrestha trumped his competitor Umesh Lal Shrestha by a 7-vote margin to secure the post of the NoC President.

Shreshta’s was elected for the post of the NoC President along with 19 other NoC officials also elected for various posts at the NoC office premises in Satdobato, Lalitpur. However, the process for counting the other officials’ votes is still underway.

The officials were elected in the presence of the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Council of Asia.

The newly-elected President has pledged his commitment to take forward the NoC’s autonomy effectively and playing an important role in the successful organization of the upcoming South Asian Games (SAG).

The new NoC President is also a parliamentarian and is a member of the House of Representatives.

Meanwhile, Ashok Bajracharya, Chatur Nanda Rajvaidhya, Jyoti Rana, Sunil Shrestha and Tej Gurung were elected as the NoC Vice Presidents.

Nilendra Raj Shrestha was elected as the Secretary-General and Pitambar Timsina was elected Deputy Secretary-General.

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Jeevan Ram Shrestha, President of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) said that following the favorable verdict given by the Supreme Court, NOC would now accelerate their preparations for organizing the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Nepal.

Though SAG is scheduled to be held in March 2019, the date could be postponed as Nepal’s only international stadium, the Dasharath Stadium, is yet to be fully renovated after the damage caused by the 2015 earthquake. Any delay in hosting the event on time is bound to raise questions about Nepal’s ability to organize big international sporting events. However, Shrestha said that the government was closely monitoring the situation and that they are committed to hosting the event successfully.

Shrestha also mentioned that since most of the earlier editions of the SAG have not been held as per schedule, the South Asian Olympic Council has stipulated countries that are interested in hosting SAG to submit a guarantee of USD 500,000 from the 14^th edition onwards.

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