The competition, organized by the Paragliding and Hang Gliding Association, will be held from April 25 to 28.
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The International Paragliding Premier League competition has started in Dharan. Koshi Province Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki inaugurated the International Paragliding Premier League competition at the paragliding flight site in Dharan Sub-metropolitan City-4, Chhoti Morang on Friday. The organizers have stated that the competition, which was started by the Paragliding and Hang Gliding Association, will be held for 3 days from April 25 to 28. The competition will take off from Dharan-4, Chhoti Morang and land in Khatri Dhara, Dharan-14, to North Belgachhi.
Chief Minister Karki said that since Koshi Province has great potential for tourism, it can also become the province's first introduction to tourism and national income generation. He said that Koshi is different from other provinces in terms of mountains, hills and Terai, making it more important than other regions of Nepal in the field of adventure sports.
Chief Minister Karki also committed to organizing a paragliding league competition in the budget of the fiscal year 2083/084 by linking it with the tourism year and the visit year to encourage sports.
The association has stated that the competition will help promote tourism through adventure sports. Although the history of paragliding and hang gliding in Nepal is more than four decades old, the association has stated that this is the first time that a systematic league system has been started.
The organizers have stated that there will be competition in five categories in the competition: international open, men's, women's and national men's and women's. Players who won medals in the 18th Asian Games are also participating in the competition.
Players from India, China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other European countries will participate in the competition. In the open category, the winner will receive Rs 150,000, the runner-up Rs 100,000 and the third place will receive Rs 75,000, while the winner in the open men's team will receive Rs 50,000, the runner-up Rs 30,000 and the third place will receive Rs 20,000.
Similarly, in the women's category, the winner will receive 40,000, the runner-up 25,000, and the third place 15,000. In the national category, the male winner will receive 30,000, the runner-up 20,000, and the third place 10,000, while the female winner will receive 30,000, the runner-up 20,000, and the third place 10,000.
