Manandhar wins 5 km open mini marathon

Bhairahawa (Rupandehi), September 9 — Dhanu Manandhar from Itahari came first in the 5km mini-marathon organised here this morning. The event was hosted by Nepali Congress Rupandehi to mark the 111th BP Jayanti.

Manandhar completed the distance in 15 minutes and 52 seconds followed by Umesh Barai of Rupandehi who took 16 minutes 4 seconds to come second while Ajay Pandey, also from Rupandehi took 16 minutes 25 seconds to come third.

Among the women runners, Sarita Kumari Basnet of Nepali Army came first with a timing of 21 minutes 29.44 seconds. Kusum Thagunna came second with 21 minutes 29.73 seconds and Bipana KC, also of the Nepali Army came third with a timing of 21 minutes and 44 seconds.

Manoj Kewat won the consolation prize among the men and Bindu Thapa among women. Harichandra Shrestha (58 years old), Mayank Agarwal (11 years old) and Sadik Pathan (11 years old) were also given consolation prizes among those who participated in the competition, said Sports Coordinator Om Kumar Shrestha.

The first, second and third winner of the competition received a cash prize of Rs 10,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000 respectively. More than 450 athletes including Nepali Army, Armed Police, Nepal Police and civilians took part in the competition.