Nabita and Elina had won bronze medal in women's doubles event of table tennis in the SAG held in India in February.
Organizing a program in Kathmandu, the school feted Nabita and Elina, who had studied from nursery to grade 10 at the same school.
Nepal Olympic Committee President Jeevan Ram Shrestha handed over the amount to the players.
After being felicitated by the school, both Nabita and Elina were thankful to the school for providing favorable environment for the game during their school days.
“I am happy for bagging bronze medal in the SAG and our performance in the event was also good,” said Nabita, who had also represented Nepal in the 11th SAG held in Bangladesh.
“I will try even better in the coming days as my recent experience of the World Championship held in Malaysia was an eye opener,” added Nabita.
Elina said the experience during the SAG was memorable but said she did not meet her expectation.
“Although we performed well, we did not meet the expectation. However, the experience showed that we have potential to do even better in the future,” said Elina.
Meanwhile NOC president Shrestha said that the players made the nation proud by winning medals and the school had a great role in producing the players.
Meanwhile, All Nepal Table Tennis Association President Chaturananda Raj Baidya said that the players performed well and such felicitation encourages the them to do even better.
School Principal Bindu Tuladhar informed that the school honored the players for their achievement in the SAG. “The made the whole country proud.”
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