Sanyog Kapali and Navita Shrestha Crowned Champions in National Open Table Tennis

Kathmandu. Sanyog Kapali and Navita Shrestha have become champions in the open singles category of the second Pushparaj Smriti National Open Table Tennis Competition. The title was won by Sanyog in the men's category and Navita in the women's category in the final match held on Saturday at the National Table Tennis Training Center in Lainchaur. Both players who won the title are from Nepal Police. In a highly competitive final clash in the men's category, Sanyog defeated Rubin Maharjan of AVM by 8-11, 17-15, 11-9, 6-11, and 11-9 sets. In this competition, Police's Ganjaya Dahal and Himal Bisht of Vision Table Tennis Academy came third. In the women's singles of this competition, organized by the main sponsorship of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward 11 and the Kholcha Pokhu Sports Subcommittee, nine-time national champion Navita Shrestha won the gold by defeating Ivana Thapa of AVM by 11-8, 12-14, 11-6, 7-11, and 15-13 sets. Bianca Rai of AVM and Yonggi Poudel of Vision were third in the women's category. In the veteran men's singles above 40 years, Mahesh Shrestha of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward 25 came first and Rajkumar Shahi of AVM came second. Similarly, in men's singles above 50 years, Jay Maharjan of AVM won gold, and Rakta Manandhar of Nakshal won silver. In men's above 60 years, Ashok Sharma of Kathmandu became first and Rajan Subba of Hopes became second. In the U-16 Mix Youth competition, Aarav Mall of AVM, Soyam Maharjan of Ikhachhen, and Suprins Maharjan secured the top three positions respectively. Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan, Ward 11 Chairman Arojkumar Khadgi, All Nepal Table Tennis Association Vice President Purnashankar Shrestha, and others presented cash prizes and medals to the winning players. The organizers informed that a total of 200 players competed in 6 categories in this competition which lasted for two days. A total of 2 lakh rupees in cash prizes were distributed to the winners of all categories.