Pictures of 8th South Asian Games
Here are the pictures of Marching in Kathmandu street. Royal Nepal Navy Marched across the streets of Capital city. Some pics includes Stadiums which are created recently.
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8th South Asian Games - Kathmandu 1999
The Eight SAF Games was hosted for the second time in Kathmandu , Nepal from 25 September to 4 October 1999 . His Late Majesty King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev declared the games open amidst a grand ceremony. 1069 athletes of the different seven SAARC countries participated in the twelve sports including Athletics, Boxing, Football, Kabaddi, Karate, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Weight Lifting and Wrestling . In the final medal count, India took first position and taking the advantages of host country Nepal amazingly took second position followed by Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives . Out of 523 medals India had the lion's share of 102 gold, 58 silver and 37 bronze, Nepal took 31 gold, 10 silver and 24 bronze, Sri Lanka 16 gold 42 silver and 62 bronze, Pakistan 10 gold, 36 silver and 30 bronze, Bangladesh 2 gold, 10 silver and 35 bronze, Bhutan 1 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze, Maldives 4 bronze. None of the participant countries went bac...