Table tennis player Santoo Shrestha has booked a place in Paris Olympics, 2024.
Santoo defeated Nepal's Sanyog Kapali 4-3 in the men's singles final match of the South Asian Qualifying Tournament held on Wednesday at the table tennis hall in Lanchaur to become only the third ever Nepali athlete to play in the Olympics after being selected through the qualifying round.
Earlier, Taekwondo athletes Sangina Baidya and Deepak Bishta passed the qualifying stage to compete in the Olympics. Sangina was selected for Athens Olympics in 2004 and Deepak in Beijing in 2008.
In today's match, Santoo won the first set by 11-7 points but lost by 8-11 points in the second set. After winning the next two sets by 11-7 and 11-6, Santoo lost the fifth and sixth sets by 8-11 and 8-11. By winning the final set 11-9, Syantu confirmed his place in the Olympics.
Earlier, Santoo had defeated Sri Lanka's Chamira Ginige and Sanyog had defeated Sri Lanka's Jayasanka de Silva and made it to the finals.
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