KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Armed Police Force (APF)'s Kanchhi Maya Koju has clinched the title of the third season of 'Pinkathon Half Marathon-2019'. She completed the competitive race held today at 1 hour 21 minutes and 44 seconds, winning the title.
With her (third straight) victory, she bagged a cash prize of Rs 51,000. She was the winner of two previous seasons.
Kanchhi Maya Koju wins Pinkathon Marathon for third straight ye...
Likewise, Rajpura Pachhain of Nepal Police finished the race clocking 1 hour 24 minutes and 33 seconds, becoming the first-runner up. She received a cash prize of Rs 31,000.
Again, APF's Pushpa Bhandari finished the race at 1 hour 27 minutes and 30 seconds to secure the third place and bagged a cash prize of Rs 21,000.
Similarly, APF's Santoshi Shrestha won the title of another event towards 10 kilometers. Chandra Raut came out the second and third position was secured by Saraswati Kathayat. They bagged Rs 31,000, Rs 21,000 and Rs 11,000 respectively.
Inspector General of Police, Sarbendra Khanal, Milind Soman, founder of the Pinkathon, and Nepal Olympic Committee deputy secretary general Rajiv Shrestha gave away prizes and medals to the winners.
The Pinkathon initiated by Indian actor Soman as an effort to build a healthy family, a healthy nation and a healthy world with the empowerment of women is very popular in India. It started in Nepal in 2017 and Leisure Port Nepal owns of the responsibility of organizing the event. Some 2,500 women participated in the event, organizing committee managing director Namaraj Joshi said. RSS
