Women’s volleyball was introduced in the eighth South Asian Games when Nepal hosted the event in 1999 and the hosts won bronze medal in the maiden appearance.The event did not make it in the Islamabad 2004 Games and women spikers got second chance in Colombo two years later. Nepal again finished third, with Sipora Gurung becoming the youngest medallist at the age of 13. The women’s volleyball has been once again included in the upcoming 12th SA Games in India after Bangladeshi organisers omitted the event in the 11th edition in 2010.The volleyball officials are excited with the women’s team after it won the silver medal in the South Asian Volleyball Championship in December 2-14 on home soil. And the players are also working hard under Iranian coach Hamid Movahedi and local coach Sudesh Rimal.
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