From a rented room in Bauddha to the Asian Games podium
Summary
Tenzing Sherpa ended Nepal’s medal drought at the Asian Games with a bronze in the men’s kumite +84kg karate event in Nagoya. His mother in Kathmandu celebrated the victory as the 23-year-old from Bauddha delivered Nepal’s first medal of the edition.
Key Points
- Tenzing Sherpa won bronze in the men’s kumite +84kg category at the Asian Games in Nagoya, giving Nepal its first medal of the edition.
- He defeated Laos’s Xayasan Vatthana 9-1 in the bronze-medal bout after losing to Iran’s Mahmoud Nemati in the semifinals.
- His mother, Nir Kumari Shrestha Sherpa, celebrated the win from her rented room in Bauddha, Kathmandu, where she had been following his career closely.
- Tenzing’s coaches credited his progress to years of training at Boudha Dojo, where he began practicing karate at age 14.
