Those nominated for the Player of the Year (Male) are Bal Krishna Chaudhary (Athletics), Manish Hamal (Chess), Jumanu Rai (Football), Kamal Bahadur Adhikari (Weightlifting) and Shivaram Shrestha (Golf).
Rekha Rawal (Cricket), Pramila Rijal (Athletics), Karishma Karki (Swimming), Sunita Magar (Judo) and Jhanta Katuwal (Weightlifting) are nominated for Player of the Year (Female) award.
Similarly, Biswarupa Buda (Athletics), Maya Rawat (Cricket), Keshari Chaudhary (Cricket/Athletics), Biraj Maharjan (Football) and Prithu Baskota (Cricket) are nominated for Player of the Year (Youth) award.
For Coach of the Year awards, Jit Bahadur Chaudhary (Judo), Jamil Ansari (Cricket), Sushil Narsingh Rana (Athletics), Roy Luke Dias (Cricket) and Iswor Karki (Swimming) are nominated.
There are six nominees from cricket and five from athletics. The two sports share a common nominee – Keshari Chaudhary who has been nominated for her performance in both sports. There are two nominations each from football, weighlifting, swimming and judo and one each for chess and golf.
The committee selected the nominations for comparing overall performance throughout the year, contribution of the success of the team, magnitude of performance and consistency of performance, according to Mahesh Acharya, the co-ordinator of the committee.
“This is a program of all sports journalists, players and the sports sector,” Acharya said.
The nomination committee comprises of Acharya, Binod Pandey, Himesh Bajracharya, Prajeet Shakya and Ujjwal Acharya.
The event is scheduled for September 10.
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