Nepal’s medal tally reaches nine; pockets 6 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s medal tally has reached nine as it has pocketed six gold, two silver medals and a bronze medal, so far, in the ongoing 13^th South Asian Games (SAG).

Sina Maden Limbu defeated India’s Rupa Biyor in Women’s Individual Poomsae of Taekwondo under 17-23 age category, claiming another gold medal for Nepal at Taekwan do Hall in Satdobato, Lalitpur. Limbu secured 8.150 points while her opponent Biyor got 8.130 points.

Similarly, Team Nepal defeated Sri Lanka in Men’s Team Kata Category of Karate at Nepal Karate Academy in Satdobato, Lalitpur. A team of Mande Kaji Shrestha, Mahasus Moktan and Prabin Manandhar secured 25.4 points while Sri Lanka got 25.16 points.

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13th SAG: Nepal’s gold-count reaches four

KATHMANDU: Nepal has so far claimed four gold medals in the ongoing 13^th South Asian Games (SAG) on Monday.

Mande Kaji Shrestha won the first gold medal for Nepal defeating his Pakistani opponent Niematullah in the men’s individual Kata Category of Karate.Previously, Nepal. Chanchala Danuwar of Nepal had won silver in women’s individual Kata Category of Karate losing to her Pakistani opponent.

Nepal won another gold medal in Women’s Team Kata Category of Karate at Nepal Karate Academy in Satdobato, Lalitpur. A team of Nirmala Tamang, Suru Karki and Sangita Magar secured the gold defeating Pakistani team in the final. Team Nepal secured 24.88 while Pakistan got 23.03 points.

Nepal’s Kamal Shrestha won the third gold in Men’s Individual Poomsae Category in Taekwondo at Taekwan do Hall in Satdobato, Lalitpur. Shrestha defeated India’s Rahul Jain under the 24-29 age category. Shreshta secured 8.27 points while his opponent Jain 8.20 points.

Similarly, Nepal’s Krishna Bahadur Tamang won silver medal under Poomsae 17-23 age Category.

Meanwhile, in the Women’s Triathlon underway in Pokhara, Soni Gurung added another gold for Nepal.

The women’s category of triathlon that started from Gaurighat in Pokhara included 750-metre swimming, 20-kilometre cycling and five-kilometre race.

Gurung received the first prize while India’s Pragya Mohan and Sarojani Devi received Silver and Bronze medals respectively.

In Men’s category of Triathlon, Basanta Tharu received Bronze medal for Nepal. He lost to India’s Adarsha M. N. Snimol and Bishworjit Srikhom who claimed gold and silver respectively.

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