Ashish Bharti, who won the gold medal in the Asia Pacific Motor Sports Championship, said that the time has come to make Nepali motor sports organized and professional.

Ashish won gold in the auto gymkhana (men's single) category of the championship held at the Sri Lanka Karting Circuit in Colombo, Sri Lanka last week. For the first time, Nepal has won the gold medal in the official event of international motor sports.

The historical gold winner Ashish said, "This victory is not only mine, but the result of the collective struggle of the entire team and Nepali Motor Sports." I have been striving for this for more than a decade. Now the time has come to make motor sports more organized and professional in Nepal, because now Nepali motor sports is not only for playing-watching, but also for winning.'204 athletes from 18 countries competed in the

championship. The journey of 31-year-old Ashish from Lalitpur has been more inspiring. He was 16th in practice on the first day. On the second day, in another event, the Asia Auto Gymkhana Championship, he finished fifth and then entered the main event. On the final day, he was second in the selection stage of the main competition. Finally, in the finals of the top eight, he managed to beat all the competitors and win the gold. In the

championship, Nepal secured joint seventh place by winning one gold each along with Australia and Japan. The Philippines topped the medal table. The team won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2  Won bronze. Sri Lanka and Hong Kong finished second and third respectively with 2 gold each.

Malaysia, India and Kyrgyzstan won the same gold and finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and South Korea settled for silver and bronze medals. China, Singapore, Maldives and Bangladesh were without medals.

Nepal Automobiles Association (NASA Nepal) Martial and Training Commission Secretary and Nepali Team Manager Ashish Rauniyar said that the historic achievement achieved by Bharti is the result of joint efforts. He said, 'This is the moment when our dream came true. His gold proved that he is capable of not only competing but also winning at the international level. If proper training, infrastructure and resources can be provided to the players, medals can be won not only in Asia but also in the World Championship in the future.

In this second edition of the Asia Pacific Motor Sports Championship held every two years between the countries of the Asia Pacific region, 6 categories such as Karting Sprint, Karting Endurance, Karting Slalom, Auto Gymkhana, Cross-Car Autos and E-Sports were contested. Nepal had 6 players participate in Auto Gymkhana, 2 in Crosscar-Autocross and 1 in E-Sports. Most of the players also showed strong presence in their first international experience.

Rajkumar Karki, the national champion of motorcycle racing, made his international debut for the first time in four-wheel competition, although he could not enter the top 16. Vipasna Tamang secured tenth position in women's auto gymkhana singles. NASA Nepal hopes that her first international participation will become an inspiration for women motor sports in Nepal.

Crosscar-Autocross is the first international experience for Jay Pratap Maske and Ravin Sunwar. They competed with professional rally drivers and gave a respectable performance. Being the first Nepali to participate in the International Crosscar category, Jai reached the semi-final round. He finished 12th. Although he did not reach the semi-finals, Ravin's first international  The door to the track is open.

Another participant Roshan Adhikari represented Nepal in e-sports. It is believed that due to his participation, who is currently in Australia due to his employment, Sim-Racing within motor sports is a popular and easy category, and medals can be expected from Nepali athletes in the future.