Speaker Ghimire opens NSSF 13th Kinder Olympics, believes children can contribute to nation through sports

Kathmandu, Dec 27: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has expressed the confidence that the children can make important contribution to the country's development by means of sports.

Inaugurating the NSSF13th Kinder Olympics organized at local Dasharath Stadium today, he called upon the children to learn discipline and patience along with sports. He said children are the future of the nation.

He inaugurated the NSSF13th Kinder Olympics by handing over the Kinder Olympics torch to Olympian Kamal Bahadur Adhikari on the occasion. Along with Kamal, other Olympians- Santoshi Shrestha of athletics, Ayasha Shakya of taek-won-do and Manamati Bista of kabaddi – ran with the torch around the stadium's tracks.  

One thousand and five hundred students aged between three and five years from 34 schools of Kathmandu Valley participated in the first phase of the Kinder Olympics today.

General Secretary of Nepal School Sports Federation (NSSF), Raj Kumar Karki, said that around 1,600 students from 67 schools throughout the country will take part in the second phase of the NSSF13th Kinder Olympics that will take place at the Dasharath Stadium itself until December 30. 

President Ramchandra Paudel had unveiled the mascot of the NSSF 13th Kinder Olympics and handed over its torch to President Shrestha on December 19. (RSS)