Rai defeated Geeta Thapa of Mongolian Judo Club in the final of women´s U-49 kg category while Adhikari beat Krishna Thapa of the same club in women´s U-52 kg. [break]
Sushmita Raut of Nuwakot and Srijana Tamang of Kavre finished third in U-48 kg while Bishwa Rai of Ilam and Eliza Neupane of Nuwakot secured the third position in U-52 kg.
In the title clash of women´s 57 kg category, bronze medalist of the Youth Asian Games 2009 Phupu lamhu Khatri of MMAC defeated Ranju Rai who recently returned after participating in the 16th Asian Games. Pramila Khadka of MMAC won bronze in the event.
Prakash Shrestha of MMAC, Sunil Nagarkoti of Rasuwa and Parshu Ram Tharu of NPC secured the top three spots respectively in the men´s 60 kg.
Likewise, Prakash Nepali of NPC and MMAC´s Ramesh Magar, who was injured during the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka, won gold and silver respectively. Sukha Lal Chaudhary of Kailali and Devendra Karmacharya of Kavre jointly finished third. In men´s 73 kg, Raj Bahadur Chand of NPC and Shre Bahadur Darlami of Army claimed the top two spots. Upendra Thapa of Kathmandu won bronze.
Altogether 150 players of 27 teams are competing in the two-day event organized jointly by the Nepal Judo Association and the District Judo Association Saptari in commemoration of former judo player Lokendra Shrestha.
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