गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Sports ∕ Tokyo Olympics: new national record for Nepal Sports Tokyo Olympics: new national record for Nepal KathmanduPati July 24, 2021 KATHMANDU – Nepali shooting athlete Kalpana Pariyar has set a new national record in the 32nd summer Olympics underway in Tokyo, Japan. In the competition held in women’s 10 meter air rifle earlier today, Pariyar made a new record with 616.8 points. She had collected 102.2, 105.4, 101.0, 104.1, 103.4 and 100.7 respectively in first to six series. Pariyar had held the record with 614.5 points in the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal. Among the 50 athletes, Pariyar stood in the 46th position, and could not qualify for the second round. Associated with Nepal Army’s Tribhuvan Army Club, Pariyar had received a wild card entry for the Tokyo Olympics. Gaurika Singh and Alex Shah in swimming, Saraswati Chaudhary in Athletics and Sonia Bhatta is Judo are others competing in the Olympics from Nepal. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal name squad for Cricket World Cup League 2 Nepal clinched ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026 defeating UAE Nepal crush Oman by 87 runs, reach final UEFA Champions League to Show Solidarity with Flood-Hit Nepal Nepal beat Malaysia by six wickets in ACC Premier Cup Bahrain all out for 87 against Nepal Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward8 TRENDING The Role of the Nepalese Army in Strategic Road Projects A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal UPAYA CITY CARGO LAUNCHES Version 3.0 Public Relations for a Soldier Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus Hungry people out on streets, but the government nowhere to be seen