Kathmandu, May 4: Yam Bahadur Pudasaini of Tribhuvan Club with the time of 2 hrs 3 min and 41 sec came first while his teammate Jay Bahadur Adhikari with a time of 2hrs 05 min and 13 sec came second in the 35 km open championship, yesterday. The meet was organised for the preparation to the forthcoming 7th Asian Marathon championship to be held on July 2 in Thailand.

Likewise, in the women’s marathon, Kancchi Maya Koju of Bhaktapur came first with a timing of 2hrs 42 min. 42 second while Radha Shrestha finished second by clocking 2hrs 54 min 04 seconds.

Both the top two in men’s and top two women’s will represent Nepal in the 7th Asian Marathon championship.

34 men and 3 women had participated in the Open Marathon championship. President of Nepal Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA) and President of Nepal Olympic Committee Rukma Rana and other NAAA were present on the occasion