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Kathmandu Saturday July 28, 2001 Shrawan 13, 2058.
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Army, Police
athletes hold sway
Post Report
KATHMANDU, July 27 - Rajendra Bhandari of the Trivhuban Club
set a new national record in the 3000m steeple-chase in the final day of the athletics
selection tournament held at Dashrath Stadium on Friday.
Bandari, made an impressive start and led the rest of the
pack throughout the race. He finished the race clocking the
time of 9:21.46 sec, erasing the previous national mark by over three seconds. Madan Giri,
also from Tribhuvan Club was the former national record holder at 9:25.09sec.
Pramod Khadka of the Mahendra Police Club clinched the second
place, finishing the race in 12:24.10sec.
As expected, Yam Bahadur Pudasaini of Tribhuvan Club won the
35 km marathon with the timing of 1 hour and 59.29sec.
His fellow clubmate Arjun Basnet gave him a tough chase,
crossing the tape just 37sec behind. Rewat Bahadur Dahal ensured Tribhuvan Club’s
1-2-3 as he completed the race in the third place at 2 hrs and 2.02sec.
A total of 44 athletes, including both men and women, will be
selected for the close camp training in the run upto the 9th South Asian Federation (SAF)
Games which are being held in Islamabad, Pakistan in October. As many as 40 athletes of
the 44 are from Trivhuban Club, Mahendra Police Club and Central Region while remaining
four will be decided upon a meeting among athletics coaches.
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