{"id":19208,"date":"2026-06-24T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:51:11","slug":"russian-diplomat-presents-top-award-at-nepal-olympic-committee-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU \u2014 Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Nepal, Rinchen Rakshaev, was honoured to present the Nepal Olympic Committee&#8217;s award to the Nepal Karate Federation, which was recognised as the country&#8217;s best sports federation at the fourth NOC Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was organised to mark Olympic Day, celebrated worldwide on 23 June. The Nepal Olympic Committee annually hosts the awards on this occasion, recognising the outstanding achievements of athletes, sports federations and journalists who have contributed to the development of Nepali sports.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition of the Nepal Karate Federation as the nation&#8217;s top sporting body underscores the growing prominence of karate in Nepal&#8217;s sports landscape. The presence of a senior Russian diplomat to present this prestigious award highlights the warm and friendly ties between Russia and Nepal, including in the field of sports cooperation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU \u2014 Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Nepal, Rinchen Rakshaev, was honoured to present the Nepal Olympic Committee&#8217;s award to the Nepal Karate Federation, which was recognised as the country&#8217;s best sports federation at the fourth NOC Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday in Kathmandu. The ceremony was organised to mark Olympic Day, celebrated worldwide &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KATHMANDU \u2014 Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Nepal, Rinchen Rakshaev, was honoured to present the Nepal Olympic Committee&#8217;s award to the Nepal Karate Federation, which was recognised as the country&#8217;s best sports federation at the fourth NOC Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday in Kathmandu. The ceremony was organised to mark Olympic Day, celebrated worldwide &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1093\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dragon Media\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\"},\"headline\":\"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Asia\",\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208\",\"name\":\"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1093},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?p=19208#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"description\":\"committed to true &amp; factual news.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/3.png\",\"width\":511,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61560346806474\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb\",\"name\":\"Dragon Media\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Dragon Media\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\\\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media","og_description":"KATHMANDU \u2014 Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Nepal, Rinchen Rakshaev, was honoured to present the Nepal Olympic Committee&#8217;s award to the Nepal Karate Federation, which was recognised as the country&#8217;s best sports federation at the fourth NOC Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday in Kathmandu. The ceremony was organised to mark Olympic Day, celebrated worldwide &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208","og_site_name":"Dragon Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474","article_published_time":"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1093,"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dragon Media","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dragon Media"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208"},"author":{"name":"Dragon Media","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb"},"headline":"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony","datePublished":"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg","articleSection":["Asia","News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208","name":"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony - Dragon Media","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-06-24T03:51:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-24-at-09.23.40.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1093},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19208#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Russian Diplomat Presents Top Award at Nepal Olympic Committee Ceremony"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","description":"committed to true &amp; factual news.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#organization","name":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3.png","width":511,"height":113,"caption":"\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560346806474"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/#\/schema\/person\/cbbc40ba051fb45aeb6f5846f090f5eb","name":"Dragon Media","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-media-thumnail-512-96x96.png","caption":"Dragon Media"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np"],"url":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?author=4"}]}},"views":5,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19210,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208\/revisions\/19210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}