Nepali, Nagarkoti win gold in England

Published On: November 26, 2019 10:23 AM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

Sanjeev Nepali and Raju Nagarkoti (left) pose for a photo after winning gold medals during the British Open Taekwondo Championship in Manchester, England on Monday. Photo Courtesy: NSC

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Nepal’s Sanjeev Nepali and Raju Nagarkoti have won gold medals in the British Open Taekwondo Championship held in England.

At Manchester, Nepali and Nagarkoti won the gold medals in poomsae category.

In the tournament organized by the UK Taekwondo Association, Nepali won the gold in the under-40 age category.

Nepali had also won a bronze medal in the individual poomsae age category in a tournament played in Thailand four months ago. He said that he was successful in winning the gold medal because of proper preparations. “We had been training for about three months and we prepared very well this time,” Nepali added, “That’s the reason we were successful in bringing good results in this tournament compared to the other international tournament we participated in.”

Likewise, Nagarkoti won the gold in the individual poomsae over-50 age category.
Players from the host England, Nepal, Ireland, Finland, Greece, Jordan, Finland, Italy, Spain, India and Iceland took part in the tournament.