Nepal, May 16 -- Nepal will put their rafting skills to the test when the team begins its 18th World Rafting Championships campaign here at the Tully River from Thursday.

The Nepali team had acclimatised itself in the Tully River fine tuning their preparations in the last six days and the rafters will now test themselves in the men's open sprint category. Nepal captain Suraj Gurung said that the course in Tully could be a bit tricky for them. "We trained for two months in Nepal at Marshyangdi, Seti and Trishuli rivers where there is class four rapid grade. Tully also has the same rapid grade but the course is rocky and that might be a bit tricky for us. Otherwise, there is not much difference. Our training ways in Nepal will help us and ...