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Rimal, Koju run for national road race titles
Hari Rimal of Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) and Kanchi Maya Koju of Nepal Police Club (NPC) won the Adidas National 10km Road Race here on Saturday.Rimal completed the race in 30:47.8 ahead of Gopichandra Parki of Nepal APF Club. Parki timed 30:54.5 followed by Rajan Khatri 30:55 in the third spot. Rimal said he was happy to emerge as winner amidst a tough competition.
“I was able to make a good start which helped me finish the race ahead of Khatri. It was a close finish,” said Rimal.
In the race organised by Roots Fashion Pvt Ltd, the authorised dealer of global sportswear company Adidas in Nepal, Koju took 38:03.70 to win the women’s race followed by Bishwa Rupa Budha (38:03.80) of TAC and Santoshi Shrestha (39:58.6) of Kathmandu.
The top three finishers in both the categories received Rs 40,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. Koju was glad to have won a new tournament. “It is good to see that new tournaments are organised. We need frequent tournaments like these,” said Koju.
Chatra Bahadur Dahal won the 5km fun race for men after completing the distance in 16:50.50. Hareram Nepal finished eight seconds behind Dahal, while Narayan Deshar (17:14.64) came third.
Homi Budha Magar won the women’s fun race after completing the distance in 21:47 followed by Sharmila Chhetri (22 minutes) and Lina Broses (24:04) of Sweden in the third position.