A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Nepal Taekwondo Association (NTA) and UK Sport at the Koteshwor Taekwondo Dojang. UK Sport, an organisation that invests money into sport in Britain, will help the NTA by upgrading the levels of Nepali coaches and providing training to Para-athletes. The aim is to help Nepal compete in Para-taekwondo at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, when the sport will make its debut.
Sports science and doping programmes will also be held in Nepal with UK Sport's cooperation as well as coaching schemes. The deal was welcomed by NTA President Shumsher Rana, who said it “would be helpful in taking Nepali taekwondo to a different level.”
