June 23, 2023
Closing of 3 weeks long celebration of Olympic Day 2023
Under the aegis of Nepal Olympic Committee initiated by Sports for all Commission organized the closing ceremony of 3 weeks long celebration (03 June- 23 June 2023) with many sports in different areas. President of Nepal Olympic Committee Mr. Jeevan Ram Shrestha was the Chief Guest of the Closing Ceremony. Olympic Day is celebrated by 207 countries worldwide on this day June 23, 2023.
President of NOC Mr. Jeevan Ram Shrestha hoisted the Nepalese flag and Secretary General of NOC Mr. Nilendra Raj Shrestha hoisted the flag of International Olympic Committee.
Demonstration of Boxing, Fencing, Taekwondo, Wushu, Judo and Karate were shown by the athletes.
More than 300000 participants participated in the 3 weeks long celebration to keep in mind the core value of Olympic which are excellence, respect and friendship.
The Closing ceremony was held in Nepal Army Sports and Physical Training Center, Rajdal Lagankhel where there were more than 1000 participants. All the NOC executive board members, Association members, Representatives from Armies, Police, and different Schools etc were also present.
Chief Guest Honorable Shrestha distributed Token of love to all the associations, schools, different organizations who took the initiative to celebrate this 3 weeks long program and thanked them as well. He added that Olympic Day is for everyone and we all must celebrate this wonderful day with joy as it represents the Modern Olympic movement.
In the program the National Army Band performed many National songs, different renowned artists performed songs and dances from schools, organizations were also performed.
XXXIII Olympic Summer Games