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4 September 2024

Nepali para athlete and first bronze medalist in Paralympics in Nepal's history, Palesha Goverdhan, poses for a photo along with her medal after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. Born without a left palm, the 21-year-old Goverdhan starts practicing taekwondo at the age of 10. She becomes part of the national para taekwondo team in 2016 and makes her international debut during the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, where she finishes fifth. Goverdhan also wins gold in the Second Kathmandu Gyarogi and Poomsae International Taekwondo Competition 2018, and Asian Youth Para Games 2021 in Bahrain. She is also a bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo held in 2018 in Vietnam.

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4 September 2024

Nepali para athlete and first bronze medalist in Paralympics in Nepal's history, Palesha Goverdhan, poses for a photo along with her medal after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. Born without a left palm, the 21-year-old Goverdhan starts practicing taekwondo at the age of 10. She becomes part of the national para taekwondo team in 2016 and makes her international debut during the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, where she finishes fifth. Goverdhan also wins gold in the Second Kathmandu Gyarogi and Poomsae International Taekwondo Competition 2018, and Asian Youth Para Games 2021 in Bahrain. She is also a bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo held in 2018 in Vietnam.

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4 September 2024

Nepali para athlete and first bronze medalist in Paralympics in Nepal's history, Palesha Goverdhan, poses for a photo along with her medal after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. Born without a left palm, the 21-year-old Goverdhan starts practicing taekwondo at the age of 10. She becomes part of the national para taekwondo team in 2016 and makes her international debut during the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, where she finishes fifth. Goverdhan also wins gold in the Second Kathmandu Gyarogi and Poomsae International Taekwondo Competition 2018, and Asian Youth Para Games 2021 in Bahrain. She is also a bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo held in 2018 in Vietnam.

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4 September 2024

Nepali para athlete and first bronze medalist in Paralympics in Nepal's history, Palesha Goverdhan, poses for a photo along with her medal after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. Born without a left palm, the 21-year-old Goverdhan starts practicing taekwondo at the age of 10. She becomes part of the national para taekwondo team in 2016 and makes her international debut during the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, where she finishes fifth. Goverdhan also wins gold in the Second Kathmandu Gyarogi and Poomsae International Taekwondo Competition 2018, and Asian Youth Para Games 2021 in Bahrain. She is also a bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo held in 2018 in Vietnam.

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4 September 2024

Nepali para athlete and first bronze medalist in Paralympics in Nepal's history, Palesha Goverdhan, poses for a photo along with her medal after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. Born without a left palm, the 21-year-old Goverdhan starts practicing taekwondo at the age of 10. She becomes part of the national para taekwondo team in 2016 and makes her international debut during the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, where she finishes fifth. Goverdhan also wins gold in the Second Kathmandu Gyarogi and Poomsae International Taekwondo Competition 2018, and Asian Youth Para Games 2021 in Bahrain. She is also a bronze medalist of the Fourth Asian Para Taekwondo held in 2018 in Vietnam.

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4 September 2024

Nepali Paralympian medalist Palesha Goverdhan, 21, poses for a photo with her Paris Paralympics 2024 bronze medal as she arrives at the National Sports Council in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. On August 31, Goverdhan creates history by defeating Marija Micev of Serbia 15-8 in the bronze medal match of the women's K44 under 57 kg weight category taekwondo competition, becoming the first athlete from Nepal to win a Paralympic medal. Nepal has never won an official medal at the Summer Games in its 60-year Olympic history, not considering Bidhan Lama's bronze in the exhibition taekwondo event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the gold presented to Tejbir Bura at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, for his alpinism effort as part of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. Neither medal is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Nepal makes its first Paralympics debut at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, sending Nirmala Gyawali in the women's shot-put event. Jit Bahadur Khadka is the second athlete to participate at the Paralympic Games. He competes in the men's 100m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Para taekwondo athlete Goverdhan in the Tokyo Olympics is near to winning a bronze medal but fails. Three years later, she conquers her dream for a historic bronze for the Himalayan nation.

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4 September 2024

Nepali Paralympian medalist Palesha Goverdhan, 21, poses for a photo with her mother as she is welcomed upon her arrival from the Paris Paralympics 2024 to Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. On August 31, Goverdhan creates history by defeating Marija Micev of Serbia 15-8 in the bronze medal match of the women's K44 under 57 kg weight category taekwondo competition, becoming the first athlete from Nepal to win a Paralympic medal. Nepal has never won an official medal at the Summer Games in its 60-year Olympic history, not considering Bidhan Lama's bronze in the exhibition taekwondo event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the gold presented to Tejbir Bura at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, for his alpinism effort as part of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. Neither medal is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Nepal makes its first Paralympics debut at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, sending Nirmala Gyawali in the women's shot-put event. Jit Bahadur Khadka is the second athlete to participate at the Paralympic Games. He competes in the men's 100m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Para taekwondo athlete Goverdhan in the Tokyo Olympics is near to winning a bronze medal but fails. Three years later, she conquers her dream for a historic bronze for the Himalayan nation.

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4 September 2024

Nepali Paralympian medalist Palesha Goverdhan, 21, (center) poses for a photo alongside her coach and fellow Paralympics athlete during a public felicitation ceremony upon her arrival from the Paris Paralympics 2024 to Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2024. On August 31, Goverdhan defeats Marija Micev of Serbia 15-8 in the bronze medal match of the women's K44 under 57 kg weight category taekwondo competition, becoming the first athlete from Nepal to win a Paralympic medal. Nepal has never won an official medal at the Summer Games in its 60-year Olympic history, not considering Bidhan Lama's bronze in the exhibition taekwondo event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the gold presented to Tejbir Bura at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, for his alpinism effort as part of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition. Neither medal is officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Nepal makes its first Paralympics debut at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, sending Nirmala Gyawali in the women's shot-put event. Jit Bahadur Khadka is the second athlete to participate at the Paralympic Games, competing in the men's 100m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Para taekwondo athlete Goverdhan in the Tokyo Olympics is near to winning a bronze medal but fails. Three years later, she achieves her dream of a historic bronze for the Himalayan nation.

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