Karki bags 100th SAG gold for Nepal
Karki bags 100th SAG gold for Nepal
Published: 07:45 am Dec 05, 2019
- Of the 100 gold medals, 61 were won in Nepal, while 77 are from martial arts. Taekwondo and karate have contributed 35 and 30 golds, respectively
- Nepal had bagged four gold medals in the first South Asian Federation Games held in Kathmandu in 1984 — marathon runner Baikuntha Manandhar being the first gold medallist
- Nepal won one gold in each of the second (India, 1985), fourth (Pakistan, 1989) and sixth (Bangladesh, 1993) editions of SAG
- Nepal’s athletes bagged two golds apiece in the third (India, 1987) and fifth (Sri Lanka, 1991) editions of the games
- Nepal claimed four gold medals in the seventh edition held in India in 1995
- Nepal got record 31 gold medals in the eighth SAF Games held in Kathmandu riding on 14 each from taekwondo and karate and finished second in medal tally for the first time
- Nepal’s gold tally was reduced to seven in the ninth edition held in Pakistan in 2004
- Nepal’s athletes bagged seven gold medals in Sri Lanka in 2006
- Nepal returned home with eight golds from Bangladesh in 2011
- Nepal could win just three gold medals in the 2016 SAG edition held in India