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Kathmandu Tuesday September 04, 2001 Bhadra 19, 2058.
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Final
selection for football, athletics concludes
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 3 - The All Nepal Football
Association (ANFA) picked up the final 20 footballers to represent Nepal in the 9th South
Asian Federation (SAF) Games starting on October 6, said an ANFA press release issued on
Monday.
A selection committee formed under senior
coaches Krishna Thapa, Shyam Shrestha and assistant coach Milan Hada selected the
20-membes final squad on the basis of the selection tournament that took place at the
Dashrath Stadium from August 29 till September 2.
A total of 46 footballers made it through the
preliminary selection while 32 were in the second round, who participated in the final
selection tournament.
Football players: Sanjiv Joshi,
Ritesh Thapa, Ujjwal Manandhar (goal keeper); Rajendra Tamang, Anil Subba, Dipak Poudel,
Madhu Karki, Naresh Thapa, Narayan Manandhar (defence); Ananta Thapa, Ramesh Gyawali, Raj
Kumar Gurung, Kumar Thapa, Dipak Lama, Prakash Rana Magar (mid-field); Rajan Rayamajhi,
Ramesh Budathoki, Nirajan Rayamajhi, Rajkumar Shrestha, Bill Tamang (forward).
Likewise, a total of 20 players have been
included in various athletic events for the 9th SAF Games, according to the final
selection result of the Nepal Amateur Athletics Association.
The final selection was carried out by the
committee constituting chief coach Narayan Yadav,coaches Nara Bahadur Shahi, Pushpa Raj
Ojha, Sushil Narasingh Rana, Chandra Gurung and Tika Sedhai.
Among the notable absentees in the 9th SAF Games
athletics contingent will be the 8th SAF Games 5,000m silver medallist Gyan Bahadur
Bohara.
In the event’s final selection held last
Friday, Bohara, who created the new national record—14:34.00sec at the Sydney
Olympics, could only cross the line at 15:04.86sec and finished the race behind his
teammate from Tribhuvan Club Narayan Chand who clocked 15:04.46sec. Bohara won the silver
medal in the 8th SAF Games with the timing of 14:50.00sec.
According to the selection criteria,
notwithstanding marathon and relay events, the final selection was limited to only those
winning their respective events.
Madan Raj Giri is the another big name missing
from the final list. Giri, who has just competed in 3,000m steeplechase at the IAAF World
Athletics Championship could only finish the race at 9min 46sec, 19 seconds behind his
fellow Tribhuvan Club runner Rajendra Bhandari.
Athletics selection:
Men’s 100m-Ramkrishna Chaudhary (10.70sec),
200m-Lila Shrestha (22.24sec), 400m-Asharam Chaudhary (48.54sec),Devi Bahadur Basnet
(49.30sec), Prem Mahat (49.64sec)for 4x400m relay,800m Hutch Bahadur Chhetri
(1:55.82sec),1,500m-Puran Singh Dhami (4:00.44sec), 5,000m-Narayan Chand (15:04.46
sec),Marathon-Yam Bahadur Pudasaini and Arjun Basnet,Triple jump-Sitaram Chaudhary
(14.66meters), Javelin throw-Khursid Ahmad Khan (59.40meters).
Women’s 100m & 200m-Devi Maya Paneru
(12.70sec & 25.12sec),400m Sabitri Nepal (1:01.48sec).
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