Kudos to our players
The Himalayan Times
6 December 2019
Kudos
to our players
The contribution of sports and
culture of any country to bringing national harmony among its communities and holding
its head high in the world arena cannot be ignored. Developed countries boast about
their achievements in maintaining high international standards in sports and
culture. Among the South Asian countries, India used to dominate other nations
in South Asian Games held in the previous years. Other nations, including Nepal,
had to struggle to win gold medals.
This time, Nepal astounded India
and other participating nations by harvesting 15 gold medals on a single day at
the beginning of South Asian Games (SAG) despite many shortcomings “Keep it up,
players” (THT, Dec.4, and Page 6). The credit should go to the hard work and
perseverance of our enthusiastic players. Had they been provided the necessary
equipment, logistics and other accessories well in advance for the necessary
preparations, there would have more gold medals in our hands. For examples, our
shooters would not have had to borrow ammunitions from their opponents, which
made them totally incapable of using their skills. Also, Himal Tamata, who won the
gold medal in duathlon, had to borrow his sportswear from his friend.
Having said all these, Nepali
players have created history in many events in this 13th SAG which is
being held in Nepal after 20 years despite the many shortcomings and eleventh
hour preparation. With Nepal leading the medal winning chart, it must be an eye
opener to the government and its concerned authorities to be more generous in
providing necessary facilities to the national players and more committed to
bringing overall improvement in the existing infrastructure and equipment. If
the government is ready to make investment in the players training, equipment
and infrastructure, our national players could throw up more surprises in the
international arena in the days to come.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
