Deepak Bista loses his bout against Iranian player

Nepal’s ace taekwondo player Deepak Bista, has bowed out of the Beijing Olympics in the preliminary round bout against an Iranian player Friday.

Bista was outplayed 0-7 (in points) in the match which took place around 10:30 am local time against the Iranian player, who is also a former world champion in the under 80 kg discipline.

It was the same player who had defeated Deepak last November in Vietnam during qualifying matches.

Deepak is Nepal’s most successful taekwondo player who has won bronze medal twice in Asian-level tournament and gold medal thrice in South Asian level tournaments. nepalnews.com Aug 22 08