This victory brings Nepal its first gold for a 3,000 m race! Yadav completed the race in eight minutes and 32 seconds.

The Nepali athlete beat Indian representative Amit Jangir and Yemeni Gamil al Hamati to secure the first position.

Nepali Sansar congratulates Yadav on his record-making victory!

18 Athletes Qualify for National Games

Meanwhile, a total of 18 athletes have been qualified from Province 1 for the fast-approaching 8^th National Games.

The qualified athletes include ten women and eight men including:

Men’s Category:

Women’s Category:

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The marathon attracted participants from several countries including the US, China, India, Germany, South Korea, New Zealand and Sweden, among others.

The event commemorates Buddha’s return to Lumbini on the Falgun Shukla Purnima day after attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya.

“The major objective of the marathon is to promote Lumbini-Kapilvastu region at national and international level by connecting spirituality with sports,” according to Bikram Pandey, Chairman of Lumbini Peace Marathon.

The marathon commenced at Kudan, the location where Buddha first met his parents after his enlightenment and included Buddhist heritage sites, such as Niglihawa and Tilaurakot Palace before ending at the Sacred Garden in Lumbini.

Tribhuvan Army Club Dominates

Homlal Shrestha of the Tribhuvan Army Club won the marathon for the second consecutive year finishing the 42-km run in slightly under three hours. Hari Prasad Rimal and Khagendra Bhatta, also representing the Army Club, finished in the second and third positions respectively.

“I was an ultra-runner first and I trained for marathon since two years now. I am delighted to win the title here at the birthplace of Lord Buddha,’’ said Shrestha, who was awarded the Lumbini Ashoka Peace Prize worth Rs 100,000.

In the 21-km half marathon category, Indian Army’s Tirtha Pun emerged victorious, while Tribhuvan Army Club’s Ramji Basnet and Tikaraj Katwal occupied the next two positions respectively.

Great Buddhist Trail

A three-day cycle rally named the Great Buddhist Trail was organized from Swoyambhu in Kathmandu to Lumbini on the eve of the peace marathon.

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Hari Kumar Rimal and Lal Bahadur Thapa from the Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) finished second and third, respectively.

The event, organized by the by Ex-Players Forum Nepal, attracted around 3,000 runners in various categories. The theme of the event was “Run for Health, Run for Pokhara”.

The men’s 10-km race was swept by TAC, with Ramji Banset, Kalyan Baniya and Milan Karki finishing on the podium. The women’s 10-km race saw Nepal APF Club’s Bindra Dhanke Shrestha and Swostika Shrestha win the gold and bronze medals, respectively while TAC’s Sarita Basi took home the silver.

Sagar Shrestha of Jaycees School, Manish Karki of Daffodil School and Madan Oli of Shree Jana Sewa School won the top three positions in the boy’s 5-km race. In the girls’ category, Lalita Lamichhane of Laxmi Secondary School, Madhuri Devi Nakarmi of Sahid Smriti School and Kriti Thapa of Shishu Kalyan School finished in the top 3.

Suresh Gauli and Laxmi Sunar took the top honors in the 400-m wheelchair race in the men’s and women’s categories, respectively.

Ashish Khadgi and Maya Gautam topped the men’s and women’s sections in the 100-m race for visually-impaired athletes.

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