Kathmandu : Nepal has won yet another gold medal in Wushu under the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SAG), 2019.
Deepak Hamal clinched gold medal beating India’s Saajan Lama in the competition held in the Army’s covered hall at Lagankhel in Lalitpur today. Deepak scored 19.32 points to bag the gold medal. Bangladesh’s Amir Hussain got bronze medal in today’s match.
Earlier on Tuesday, Nepal’s Bijaya Sinjali and Susmita Tamang had also won gold medals. With this, Nepal has won 24 gold medals so far in the regional mega sport kicked off in Kathmandu on December 1.
Earlier, a dispute had been erupted after Sri Lanka’s Tharidu got gold under Thaulo category. Nepali and Indian players as well as officials had staged protesting in the mat, claiming that the match was rigged.
The game was put off for around half an hour too. In the match, India’s Gyadesh Singh had secured silver and Nepal’s Hari Prasad Gole a bronze.
Nepal bags bronze in athletics
Nepal’s long distance athlete Deepak Adhikari bagged a bronze medal in the men’s 10,000 metres running competition held under the 13th South Asian Games (SAG).
Adhikari completed the race in 30 minutes 50.5 seconds. The competition was held at the Dashrath Stadium at Tripureshwar.
India’s Suresh Kumar clinched the gold medal while Sri Lanka’s San Mugeshshwar a silver in the same competition. Kumar completed the race in 29 minutes 33.61 seconds while Mugeshshwar clocked 30 minutes 49.20 seconds.
Nepal’s Santoshi Shrestha secured gold medal in the women’s 10,000 metres race held on Tuesday.
Anupama clinches 10th gold medal in Karate for Nepal
Nepal’s Anupama Magar has secured 10th gold medal in Karate under the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SAG), 2019.
Anupama defeated Pakistan’s Nargis 6-3 in Kumite under the 68 kilogrammes weight category to win the gold medal today.
Earlier, Anupama had beaten Bijekun Mohammaud of Sri Lanka 7-4 to enter the final. With this, Nepal has secured 10 gold medals in Karate alone.
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