Last week, Nepal Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA) had sent a letter to AAA proposing to hold the race in Nepal. Likewise, the AAA has also fixed venues for three different tournaments to be held in 2011. Among them, the 19th Asian Athletics will be held in Kobe, Japan, from July 6-10 and the Asian Race Walking will be organized in Nomi, Japan.
Earlier, Nepal had organized the race in 2001 at the Gokarna Forest Golf Resort. This time, too, Nepal has proposed to hold the race at the same venue.
Meanwhile, the 18th Asian Championship set to begin from Tuesday in Guangzhou will feature four Nepali athletes. Hari Rimal and Tilakram Mahato in men´s section and Pramila Rijal and Keshari Chaudhary in women´s section will compete in the championship. Jeetendra Chaudhary is the coach and Bhairav Shahi is the manager of the Nepali team.
Nepal´s participation, which was uncertain due to lack of finance, was fixed at the last moment after the National Sports Council decided to sponsor tickets for three persons.
Meanwhile, General Secretary of Nepal Amateur Athletics Association Rabi Rajkarnikar has been elected the member of the AAA. Rajkarnikar got 34 out of 38 votes in the election held on Monday. Rajkarnikar is also the member of the Nepal Olympic Committee.
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