INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 11Tribhuvan Army Club athletes dominated the CoAS Marathon and
Run For Fun here at the Nepali Army headquarters today.
CoAS Open Marathon slated for next month
Khadka wins gold in Nepalgunj Marathon
Rajan Rokaya finished first in men's marathon after he completed the 42.195km distance in two hours, 20 minutes
and 08 seconds.
Rajan Rokaya came second in 2:21:43, while his TAC teammate Krishna Bahadur Basnet was third in 2:22:22.TAC
athletes Deepak Adhikari and Mukesh Pal claimed top two spots
Adhikari completed the 21km race in one hour, four minutes and 06 seconds, while Pal came second in 1:04:47
Baglung's Tirtha Pun finished third
Nepal Police Club athlete Rajpura Pachai won women's half marathon on 1:14:34, finishing ahead of TAC duo Purna Laxmi Neupane (1:19:03) and
Suraj Aydee, Bishal Chandra Waji and Jilespi Jung Karki claimed top three spots respectively in 10km race for male army officers, while
Asmita GC, Durga KC and Gita Gurung did so in women's section
Bikash Ghimire of Pinnacle Academy and Sonu Ghatani of Rastriya Sewa Dal won 10km races for boys and girls.Banoth Praveen Naik of Indian
Embassy won the 10km race
British Embassy's Sunder Sherchan came second and Indian Embassy's Satish Kumar was third
The eighth edition of the Marathon - organised by the Nepali Army Physical Training and Sports Centre - featured five categories.A version
of this article appears in the print on February 12, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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