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Bhutan’s promising young athletes gear up to make their mark at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain from 22–31 October! Competing in six sports—athletics, boxing, judo, taekwondo, swimming, and muay Thai—Team Bhutan is ready to showcase their skill, dedication, and national pride on the continental stage.

The athletes carry the hopes of the nation as they embrace this exciting platform for growth, challenge, and inspiration, representing Bhutan among Asia’s best young sporting talent.

But among all these stories, one quietly stood apart — the story of Mr. Ramesh Limbu, currently serving as a Coach with Bhutan Cricket, deployed in Samtse.

Phuntsho Wangdi is no ordinary name in Bhutan’s music scene. A voice that once echoed across stages in local competitions, now carries the weight of resilience, transformed by life’s trials.

Season 4 of the National Federation League officially kicked off today at the Changlimithang Outdoor Basketball Court, bringing together five of Bhutan’s top volleyball clubs in an exciting display of competition and sportsmanship. Held under the theme “Honouring the 70th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo,” the event is organized by the Bhutan Volleyball Federation with support from key partners.

High in the Himalayas, where monasteries cling to cliffs and rivers carve paths through verdant valleys, Bhutan has quietly nurtured a sporting spirit as vibrant and resilient as its landscapes. Long celebrated for archery, our national pastime, the Kingdom has steadily expanded its sporting horizons—embracing football, basketball, athletics, cricket, judo, karate, swimming, and shooting—each discipline a thread in the growing tapestry of Bhutanese excellence.

A four-day Strength and Conditioning Course, organized by the Bhutan Amateur Athletic Federation (BAAF) in partnership with the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) and supported by Olympic Solidarity, concluded on October 2, 2025, at the BOC Conference Hall. The program brought together 28 participants from national sports federations and provided hands-on training from World Athletics experts, equipping coaches with modern techniques in strength, endurance, and performance development.

When you return — and you will return — you will bring something your competitors didn’t earn in the sun: a character forged in the quiet, a mind sharpened by rehearsal, a body rebuilt with intent. That is your secret training ground. That is the Injury Advantage.

In Bhutan, the stories of our athletes remind us that the 10th Mile is not just a sporting challenge. It is a metaphor for life itself.

Her Royal Highness Princess Eeuphelma Choden Wangchuck, President of the Bhutan Paralympic Committee, represented Bhutan at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Conference and 22nd General Assembly held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 24th to 27th September 2025.