Arjun Prasad Dhakal of Armed Police Force won the gold medal in Marathon clocking 2 hrs 30 mins 6 seconds in the on-going 5th National Games.

Narayan Desar of Nepal Police Club clocked 2 hrs 36 mins 1 second to come second.

In Ladies Long jump, Keshari Choudhary of Nepal Police measured 5.1 m distance to win the gold medal. Nepal Police team won the gold in 400 m relay race.

In Taekwondo, Manita Shahi won the gold.

In Snooker, Saroj Mulmi defeated Shyam Khadgi to win the gold medal.

In Cycling, Ajaya Pundit Shrestha won the gold clocking 1 hr 42 m 11 seconds in the 30.3 km race. Nirjala Tamrakar won gold in ladies category.

In boxing, Dinesh Shrestha of Nepal police and Sushil Ghimire of Armed Police force won gold in their respective category.

Nepal Police ladies team gold in Air Pistol and Air Rifles.

Nepal Army defeated Central Region 15-12 to win the gold in Kabbadi.

Far Western Region won the gold medal in Hockey beating Western Region.

In Cricket, Region no 3 Kathmandu defeated Bhairahawa to enter final.

In Handball, Western team defeated Nepal Police 24-16 to win the title.

In Lawn Tennis, Kumar Adhikari and Ramesh Thapa have entered into the final. Priti Rijal and Ashlesa Lisanovich have entered final in ladies category.

In Football, Armed Police Force and Eastern team entered the final beating Western and Nepal Police respectively. APF defeated Western team 1-0 and Eastern team sidelined Police 2-1 goals.

In Soft Tennis, Central region won the gold.

In Table Tennis, Gita Thapa Magar of Eastern team won the gold.

The fifth National Games in closing on Sunday. nepalnews.com bt Apr 11 09