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12 judokas selected for SAG

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Photo Courtesy: Nsc Judokas selected for the upcoming 12th South Asian Games pose for a photo on Sunday.
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KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Nepal Judo Association (NJA) selected 12 players, including six women, for the 12th South Asian Games through a two-day selection tournament that concluded on Sunday in Kathmandu. The 12th SAG will be held in India on February 6-16 next year.

The NJA, which selected three men and three women players on Saturday, chose three men and three women players on Sunday.

On the final day, Indra Bahadur Sthrestha of PAM came first in the men's U-60 kg beating his own club mate Sudesh Bahadur Dong in the final.

Similarly, Sanjib Dangol of Nepal Police Club claimed the first position in the men's U-73 kg defeating Jung Bahadur Saru of Tribhuvan Army Club.

Likewise, Sanjay Maharjan of Lalitpur got selected in the U-90 kg section beating Rabindra Shrestha of Bhaktapur in the final.

In the women's section, Sarita Chaudhary of Nepal Police beat Sita Khadka of Armed Police Force Club in the U-48 kg, Manita Shrestha of PAM saw off

Devika Khadka of APF in the U-57 kg and Ganga Chaudhary of Army defeated Sunita Magar of Kathmandu in the U-70kg final to get selected for the SAG.  

On Saturday, Ramesh Magar (U-66 kg) of Kathmandu, Pawan Kumar Shrestha (U-81 kg) and Shiva Bahadur Baram (U-100 kg ) of Army got selected for the men's events, while Army's Lila Adhikari (U-52 kg) and Phupu Lhamu Khatri (U-63 kg) as well as Punam Shrestha (U-78 kg) got selected for the women's events.

According to NJA President Deepak Harsha Bajracharya, the second finishers in every age categories will be kept in the closed-camp training as the sparring partners.



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