KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Bikram Shrestha has won the bronze medal in the eighth World Para Taekwondo Championship-2019 in Turkey.

In the competition held this morning, Shrestha beat a Moroccan opponent to win the medal towards one Poomsae under the P-32 male genre, according to coach Kabiraj Negi Lama.

Russia won the gold while Croatia clinched silver.

Along with Shrestha, Italy’s Ricardo Zimmerman won the bronze. This is the debut of Nepal in Poomsae of World Para Taekwondo Championship.

A total of 425 players from 69 countries are competing in the championship.