KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 24Usha Bhandari must be one of the very few athletes in Nepali sports fraternity who does not need to ask for support from family.

The Bhandari family itself wanted Usha to be an athlete. 'Beko aims to be one of the top three home appliance brands in Nepal' New Diamond, APF record wins in women's volleyball tourney And she has all the supporting family behind her quest to be a successful volleyball player. Usha's father, Gajendra Bhandari is the biggest support of all.

That's why Usha says, "My family is everything for me." At the age of 18, Bhandari is an emerging volleyball player and she has the potential to be one of the successful players.

She is beautiful with a smiling face, the best qualities of bringing glamour into Nepali women's volleyball.And she is also the youngest one among the current lot of players and her family has just one wish while growing up with modesty -- play for the country and make her name.Bhandari, who hails from Tanahun, plays for Nepal Police Club and has already sealed her spot in the team as a key member of the squad.

She plays the role of an open spiker.Her height is a little more than five feet and seven inches.

Her jump is awesome and she is a kind of all-rounder.

Because of her versatile roles in NPC's success last year, the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum has nominated Bhandari and four others in the People's Choice category of the Pulsar Sports Award.Other players in the race include footballer Anjan Bista, cricketer Aasif Sheikh, tennis player Abhilasha Bista and swimmer Duana Lama.

Bhandari did not believe her name in the nominations."I thought it was a dream, I still think it is." And she had dared to dream it."I wanted to earn this nomination ever since I came to know about the Pulsar Sports Award and its craze in Nepali sports," she said.

"I will have the support of Nepali volleyball, its fans and the NPC family."A version of this article appears in the print on February 25, 2023, of The Himalayan Times. .

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