Shillong, February 10 Nepal ended the 12th South Asian Games wushu campaign on a disappointing note when six players were restricted to silver here at the Assam Rifle Sports Complex today. Nepal earned a total of 12 medals that included just one gold medal, 10 silver and a bronze. Nepal had won two each gold and silver medals and six bronze in the 10th SA Games when the sports was first included in the regional games in Colombo in 2006. In the next edition, Nepal claimed two apiece gold, silver and bronze medals in Islamabad. Although Nepal made a remarkable improvement in total medal tally than the previous edition, Nepal did well in terms of silver medal but the mission was not accomplished as the team had set the target of winning at least five gold medals in Shillong. Six taolu players finished second, while four sanshou players lost in final bout, all against Indian opponents with identical scores of 2-0. Sanshou players faltered the most in Shillong with only Hari Prasad Gole entering the final. Raj Kumar Rasaili, who lost in the first round match against Afghanistan in the 52kg weight category, remains the only player to win sanshou gold medal in the regional games — 2006 Colombo Games. Hari Prasad Gole won silver in Taiji All-round with the score of 17.62 points, finishing behind India’s Gyandash Singh (18.53), while Bangladesh’s Md Rahmotullah Kisor came third with 16.81 points. Gole scored 9.01 points in today’s Taijijian to add to his Taijiquan score of 8.61. The 24-year-old athlete from Tribhuvan Army Club scored 9.01 points in Taijijian performance to add to his overnight score of 8.61 in Taijiquan. Gole said he was happy with his overall performance. “I was not feeling well in the first round and could not do as per the expectation,” said Gole, who hails from Makawanpur. “But last night my coaches along with a counsellor boosted my morale and I performed better to finish second,” he added. Another TAC wushuka, Sabita Rai added another silver in women’s Taiji All-round. The 2014 Asian Games participant, Rai accumulated 17.70 points to finish second behind India’s L Saratombi Charu (18.62), while Pakistan’s Komal Emmanuel came third with 14.16 points. The 22-year player from Khotang, who had scored 9.15 points in Taijiquan yesterday, scored 8.55 points in Taijijian today. Coach Prakash Maharjan was furious about the judges’ decisions. “The degree of difficulty in the performance and major movements of Rai were brilliant,” he said. “Still we lagged way behind the Indian player. The roles of two judges in the panel are also doubtful,” Maharjan added. Nepali players made dismal performances in sanshou finals, except for Jharna Gurung, who was injured in the first-round match and had to play the semi-finals with taping all over her left shoulder. The injury restricted her to play freely in the final against India’s Yumnam Sanathoi Devi. She was floored down for five times, while the Indian player pushed her out from the platform on one occasion. Another player, Juni Rai put up a disappointing performance and lost 2-0 at the hands of Kesisham Anupama Devi. Rai received a kick on her face on one occasion, while she was floored down for five times. Likewise, Puja Kadidan of India floored down Nepal’s Bindu Pun Magar twice. All the three players were restricted to silver medal along with Rajesh Gurung, who also lost 2-0 against India’s Ravi Panchal. He was even more pathetic as the Indian players floored him down for more than dozen times. Saroj Pun, who had lost the semi-final bout yesterday, was joint third. Coach Ratan Bahadur Khati was also not satisfied with the overall result but he praised the players. “We had a huge expectation this time around but at the end of the day we could not earn a single gold medal in sanshou,” said Khati. “We had a very little time to prepare and the way we prepared for the regional games, we have to be proud of these players. They put up a brilliant show,” said Khati. Asked about the India’s dominance, Khati said the result was the outcome of government’s indifference towards sports. “Other nations start their preparation for international tournaments as early as six months, but we always do it at the eleventh hour. And we also lagged behind technically and the association also did not take it seriously,” he added. Khati said the coaches also needed to be updated for better results in other international tournaments. “The coaches also need to be updated regularly. They have also not received chances as we use the same technique for decades,” he added. Badminton Nangshal Devi Tamang claimed bronze medal in women’s singles event at the 12th SA Games in Shillong on Wednesday. Tamang lost to India’s Rubita 21-5, 21-5 in the semi-final match to finish joint third. She had defeated her Maldives opponent in straight sets to make it to the last four confirming the medal. Tamang claimed her first international medal. She also became the only second Nepali badminton player to win singles event medal. Earlier, Sumina Shrestha had won bronze in the 10th SA Games in Colombo in 2006. Badminton completed the SA Games campaign with two medals. Nepal also won women’s team event bronze in Shillong. Squash Nepal won bronze medal in women’s team event in Guwahati on Wednesday. Nepal lost all three matches in the round-robin league of four teams and received the medal as the joint third team in the competition. Nepal lost to hosts India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan with the identical score of 2-0.