Nepali taekwondo player Palesha Govardhan has won her to begin with coordinate at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Palesha secured triumph in the women’s under-57 kg weight category in the K-44 occasion, overcoming Venezuela’s Spirits Valeria on Friday.
In the circular of 16 coordinate held at the Terrific Palais in Paris, Palesha vanquished Valeria with a score of 31-0, winning most of her focuses from body kicks.
Having already competed in the Tokyo Paralympics, Palesha is moreover the bronze medalist from the Hangzhou Asian Recreations. Her bronze was Nepal’s first-ever decoration in the Para Asian Games.
Earlier in Walk, she secured her spot at the Paris Paralympics by winning a gold decoration at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers held in China.
Palesha will presently confront Brazil’s Cardoso Fernandes in the quarterfinals afterward nowadays. Fernandes, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics, has won gold twice at the World Championships and progressed straightforwardly to the quarterfinals with a bye.
Earlier, Bharat Singh Mahata, another taekwondo competitor, was killed after losing to a Japanese competitor.
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