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Kathmandu Saturday September 01, 2001 Bhadra 16, 2058.
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Shrestha smashes six-year-old record
Post Report
LALITPUR, Aug 31 - Alice Shrestha smashed the
six-year-old national record in the 100 meters breaststroke in the opening day of the 12th
Open Swimming Championship which got underway at the Birendra International Swimming
Complex, Satdobato on Friday.
Shrestha sliced off more than two seconds
from the previous mark of 1min 15.75sec set by Lal Bahadur Parajuli in the 7th South Asian
Federation (SAF) Games held at Madras in 1995, clocking 1min 13.53 sec in the Open boys
category. Laxman Khanal and Santa Kumar Rai took silver and bronze medals respectively in
the event.
Likewise, Nayana Shakya broke her own
national mark clocking 1min 29.54sec in the 100 meters breaststroke in the ladies’
open section. The earlier record was 1min 29.63sec. Bibidha Rimal followed Nayana at
second place.
Seldom has Shakya come out of the pool with a
single gold. And it was no exception today as she went on to add two more gold medals.
After her record shattering race, she also won in 100 meters backstroke and 50 meters
butterfly in the ladies’ open category with the timing of 1:29.62sec and 0:35.09sec
respectively. Suzanna Shakya and Salina Tamang followed Nayana in second and third place
respectively in the backstroke. Suzanna netted her second silver in the 50 meters
butterfly while the third spot went to Stuti Singh.
Though Shakya and Shrestha fashioned two
records, today’s show belonged to Oshin Bharati. The youngest of the participants in
the under-12 girls, she grabbed gold in the 50 meters butterfly leaving behind Pratima
Manandhar and Youfu Thapa for second and third spots respectively.
Friday’s other results:
Open Boys 200m Freestyle
1. Shyam Bahadur Gurung 2:19.43s, 2. Khim
Bahadur KC 2:27.86s, 3. Govinda Oli 2:31.75s
100m Backstroke
1. Pushpa Raj Shahi 1:13.17s, Sita Ram Shahi
1:14.78s, 3. Man Bahahdur Gurung 1:21.49s
50m Butterfly
1. Chandra Singh Mahato 29.15, 2. Chudamani
Mahato 31.96, 3. Til Bahadur Thapa Magar 32.15
Age-group
13-14 boys (100m Breaststroke)
1. Kamal Pun 1:26.77s, 2. Rajeev Chitrakar
1:31.93s, 3. Sharad Chandra Shahi 1:32.24s
(50m Butterfly)
1. Pravindra Budhathoki 37.68s, 2. Rajeev
Chitrakar 39.53s, 3. Nabin Gurung 41.28s
U-12 boys (50m Butterfly)
1. Shailesh Rana 38.26s, 2. Allan Shrestha
41.52s, 3. Nawang Lama 43.74s
13-14 girls (100m Breaststroke)
1. Ganga Chaudhary 1:42.15s, 2. Sumeera
Shrestha 1:49.18s, 3. Shristi Singh 1:54.24s
(50m Butterfly)
1. Sumeera Shrestha 47.01s, 2. Muna Thapa 57.21,
3. Shristi Singh 57.28s
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