KATHMANDU: President of Nepal Olympians Association Deepak Bista on Thursday left for Turkey to participate in the World Olympians Forum to be held in Istanbul this week.

More than 150 Olympians are scheduled to take part in the Forum on Saturday and Sunday. Bista will also present the activities of NOA in the Forum. Bista informed the NOA would present its bid to host the Asian Olympians Forum and also invite the participants of the World Olympians Forum to visit Nepal.

Nepal Olympic Association President Jeevan Ram Shrestha and Nepal National and International Players Association President Deepak Shrestha among others bade farewell to Bista on Thursday.

A version of this article appears in the print on September 15, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.