Nepali sports lovers are eagerly waiting for their country\u2019s victory as the country\u2019s different sports teams are all set for the world\u2019s biggest multi-sport event after the Olympics.<\/p>\n
Continuing its years-long journey in the Asian Games, Nepal is stepping into the 18th<\/sup> Asian Games tournament This time, Nepal\u2019s participation is seen in different sports categories such as Archery, Kabaddi, Paragliding<\/a>, Football<\/a>, Volleyball<\/a>, Athletics, Swimming<\/a>, Judo<\/a>, Taekwondo<\/a>, Table Tennis<\/a>, Golf<\/a>, Weightlifting<\/a>, Boxing, Basketball<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at how various Nepali teams are gearing up for the upcoming battle!<\/strong><\/p>\n Taekwondo: Nepali taekwondo team holds a strong record in the history of Asian Games. While Nepal won 23 medals so far, surprisingly 14 of them are from taekwondo alone. <\/p>\n However, the country\u2019s taekwondo is currently in a dire need to see a winning situation as it hasn\u2019t struck a single medal since 2006.<\/p>\n Finally, the 14-member Nepali taekwondo team has been under a rigorous training in South Korea and is hoping high on ASIAD 2018.<\/p>\n The participating team has the country\u2019s most successful taekwondo players- Deepak Bista, Sangina Baidhya, Badri Prasad Ghimire and Norbu Lama. Bista and Baidhya are known for marking Nepal\u2019s first-ever participation in the Olympics Games.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are preparing really well and doing everything we need to do. Our focus is winning medals at the ASIAD. But, if the players perform to the level they are now, we can certainly strike medals,\u201d says Bista<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Swimming: \u201cHopefully I will be able to break national records in the Asian Games,\u201d said Singh, who will compete in 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. \u201cI will gel up with my friends, have fun with them and gain experience for the South Asian Games,\u201d reads Singh\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n While her teammates went to Thailand for training, Singh chose her home and returned to Kathmandu from London two weeks back to undergo different training sessions in Nepal.<\/p>\n The 16-yr-old Olympian swimmer rose to fame in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games leaving a special mark as the youngest athlete.<\/p>\n \u201cThe experience of the ASIAD will be helpful for the South Asian Games and I hope to win gold medal for the country and make the nation proud,\u201d says Singh, who won a silver and three bronzes in the 12th South Asia Games in 2015.<\/p>\n Singh is also keen on winning a gold in the 13th<\/sup> edition of the South Asia Games to be held in March 2019 in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n Kabaddi: The team has already announced a 12-member men\u2019s squad for the ASIAD 2018 in Jakarta with Tara Singh Bhat as the head coach and Arvind Jha as the team manager.<\/p>\n Nepal is stepping into the Asian Games after a long gap of 19 years and 18 months since 1990, when it ranked fourth in the points table at the Asian Games in Beijing followed by 1994 where the team rose to fame at the fifth position.<\/p>\n The team again rose to fame in the 2010 South Asian Games for winning a bronze medal in the championship. Lastly in 2017, the team proved their best once at the second position in the International Invitational Men’s Kabaddi Tournament, giving a new hope to Nepal\u2019s kabaddi journey.<\/p>\n Now, the team is gearing up for the 2018 Asian Games with a combo of veteran players and fresh entrants, with Mahesh Bohara leading the team.<\/p>\n After a 16-year long gap, Nepali football team resumed its participation at the Asian Games platform again in South Korea in 2004.<\/p>\n Overall, in four entries since their first one in 1982 until 1998, Nepali football team made 52 goals in 12 games and saw only 13 goals in three games in the last edition.<\/p>\n Now, a 20-member Nepali team left for Indonesia to play the Asian Games 2018 in the Group D category against Japan, Vietnam and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
\n2018 Asian Games<\/a> (ASIAD) to be held in Indonesia (Jakarta and Palembang) during August 18-September 2, 2018.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Continuing its success track in taekwondo, Nepali taekwondo team is keen on bringing back the country\u2019s past glory through ASIAD 2018.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Nepal\u2019s young swimming sensation Gaurika Singh is hoping a lot from the Asian Games 2018.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Battling the odds, Nepal\u2019s kabaddi team is finally making it to beyond national borders.<\/p>\n