Beating her own national record and winning two gold medals at the Eighth National Games, Nepal’s ace-swimmer and Tribhuvan Army Club’s Gaurika Singh reestablished herself as the country’s pride on April 22, 2019.
Famous for shattering world records, Singh beat her own record by finishing a 100-m freestyle event in 59.60 seconds in the Eighth National Games’ swimming championship.
Army’s Sophia Shah won silver for completing her lap in 1 h.2 m.59 s, while Armed Police Force (APF) Club’s Tisha Shakya won bronze for finishing in 1 h. 2 m .59.
The 16-year old Singh also won gold for completing the 400-m freestyle swimming event in 4 h.44 m.81 s. Army’s Duwana Lama and APF’s Tisha Shakya won silver and bronze, respectively.
Below is the list of records made by other swimmers at the Eighth National Games:
1) 400 m Men’s Freestyle:
Team |
Swimmer |
Medal |
Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) |
Nathan Sherpa |
Gold |
APF Club |
Nassir Hussein |
Silver |
APF Club |
Urjen Maharjan |
Bronze |
2) 200 m Women’s Breaststroke:
Team |
Swimmer |
Medal |
Nepal Army |
Duwana Lama |
Gold |
Nepal Army |
Upaasti Maharjan |
Silver |
Nepal Police |
Adipsha Baidhya |
Bronze |
3) 200 m Men’s Breaststroke:
Team |
Swimmer |
Medal |
APF Club |
Subham Shrestha |
Gold |
Nepal Police |
Dipankar Awale |
Silver |
Province 1 |
Bedagya Raj Joshi |
Bronze |
4) 100 m Men’s Freestyle:
Team |
Swimmer |
Medal |
Nepal Army |
Alex Shah |
Gold |
Nepal Police |
Sayed Hamza Shah |
Silver |
Nepal Army |
Anubhav Subba |
Bronze |
Alex Shah broke his previous national record of 55 m. 68s by finishing his current record in 55.63
5) 50 m Men’s Butterfly:
Team |
Swimmer |
Medal |
Nepal Police |
Shah |
Gold |
Nepal Army |
Anubhav Subba |
Silver |
APF Club |
Tenzing Gurung |
Bronze |
Nepal Police club’s Shah bested his own previous record by finishing his lap in 27 seconds.
6) 50 m Women’s Butterfly:
Team |
Swimmer | Medal |
Nepal Army |
Sophia Shah |
Gold |
Nepal Police |
Anusia Tandukar |
Silver |
APF Club | Shreewi Maharjan |
Bronze |
Nepali Sansar congratulates all the winners!
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