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Kathmandu Tuesday July 17, 2001 Shrawan 02, 2058.
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Shakya
dominates pool in opening day
Post Report
LALITPUR, July 16 - Nayana Shakya rewrote her
own national record in 100 meters breaststroke in the individual open under the first Age
Group Swimming Championship which got underway at the Birendra International Swimming
Complex, Satdobato on Monday.
Shakya, who holds the national record of winning
nine gold medals at the fourth National Games, sliced off more than two seconds off her
previous record 1:31.59sec, touching the finish line with the timing of 1:29.63sec.
Ragina Pradhan of Malpi College finished second
at 1:35.13sec while Bibidha Rimal of LRI settled for the third place with the timing of
1:38.33sec.
Shakya, showing her magic in the pool, also won
the 50m butterfly stroke, finishing ahead of Runa Pradhan of Little Angels, calling the
selectors’ attention for the forthcoming 9th South Asian Federation Games. Her
winning time stood at 35.03sec while Pradhan clocked 39.15sec. The third place in the
event went to Stuti Singh of Suvatara School, who completed the race in 41.26sec.
In the 50 meters butterfly for girls aged 13-14,
Sujana Shakya of Rato Bangla School clocked 46.24sec to snatch the gold medal away from
Oshin Bharati of Sahid Dharma Bhakta School. Bharati completed the course in 46.86sec.
However, St. Xavier’s Sailesh Rana, despite
winning the 50m butterfly event for the boys’ under-12 failed to achieve the mark
required to be considered for an international meet. Rana pulled away from his opponents,
leaving a gap of over eight seconds as he finished the race in 38.33 seconds. Marc Shawn
Daniel of Allied Co-Ed finished the race in 45.18sec while Nawang Lama came third in
46.40sec.
Other winners:
50m butterfly:
Girls (13-14) Saila Rana, St. Mary, 43.4
Boys (13-14) Pravindra Budathoki, Little Angel,
37.74
Boys (15-17) Rajaram Manandhar, LRI, 33.16
Boys open, Chandra Singh Mahato, Trivhuban Club,
28.4
100m backstroke
Girls (13-14) Saila Rana, St. Mary, 01:34.4
Boys (13-14) Rajiv Chittrakar, LRI, 01:30.12
Girls (15-17) Michelle Daniel, Allied Co-Ed,
1:35.60
Boys (15-17) Alice Shrestha, Baba, 1:20.54
Boys open, Puspa Raj Shahi, Trivhuban Club,
1:13.72
100m breaststroke
Girls (13-14) Bibidha Rimal, LRI, 1:37.28
Boys (13-14) Kamal Pun, Little Angel, 1:27.26
Girls (15-17) Stuti Singh, Shubatara, 1:38.72
Boys (15-17) Alice Shrestha, Baba, 1:17.13
Boys open, Kisim Lal Chaudhari, Trivhuban Club,
1:18.19 |
