Kathmandu, Mar. 6:Tribhuvan Club won all the top honours in the 12km cross-country race and other events organised by the Nepal Amateur Athletic Association (NAAS) the other day.
Yam Bahadur Pudasaini with the timing of 38 min 16. 94 sec came first while Puran Singh Dhami came second by clocking 39.29.84 sec. Ram Bahadur with the time of 39.34.51 sec finished a distance third .
Meanwhile, in the team events, Tribhuvan Club with 90 points came first followed by Lalitpur Sports Development Committee and Central Region Sports Development Committee. They collected 60 and 30 points respectively.
In the men’s Junior 8 km cross- country race, Kiran Prajapati of Bhaktapur Athletics Club with the time of 28min25.48 sec came first while Sansar Lal Vaidya of Lalitpur came second with the time of 29min 16.83 sec.
Raju Awal of Bhaktapur with the time of 29.18.35 finished third. In the team events Bhaktapur Athletics club with 82 points came first while Mid-Western Development region with the points of 67 and Lalitpur Sports Development Committee with 63 points came second and third respectively.
Similarly, in the women’s 6 km cross-country race, Kanchi Maya Koju of Bhaktapur Athletics Club came first with the time of 23min.44.65 sec while Nirmala Bharati of Mahendra Club with the time of 23 min59.76 sec came second whereas Radha Shrestha of Kathmandu by clocking 28min 06.75sec finished third.
Likewise, in the women’s team events Bhaktapur Athletics Club with 41 points came first while Kathamndu District Development Committee and Central Development Region came second and third respectively.
Min Bahadur Bista and Gajharaj Joshi the runners of 1959 Delhi Asian Games gave the medals to the winners amidst special function.