KATHMANDU, Nov 4: The Nepal Kayak Club (NKC) organized the inaugural Marsyangdi Express Extreme Kayak Championship, in Nyagdi village, Lamjung on November 30-31.
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A total of 23 kayakers from around the world participated in the event. NKC chose the Marsyangdi not only for its technical difficulty and ferocious flow but also because soon the river will be a torpid stretch of water, tamed by a dam being built upriver.
The competition kicked off at 11:30 on the morning of October 30 with the first qualification round in the men's category. Both men and women competed in two qualification rounds. Based on timing, 12 out of 19 men qualified for the semi finals.In the women's category, three out of four kayakers qualified directly for the finals. The next day saw the 12 semi-finalists in the men's category compete in pairs for a place in the finals.
In the women's finals, Rose Schermerhorn (1:35:96) triumphed, with Goma Sunuwar, the only female Nepalese kayaker (1:39:47), and Lena Bush (1:44:53) securing second and third places respectively. Surjan Tamang (1:16:64) claimed first place in the men's category, followed in second by Anup Gurung (1:17:49) and George Younger (1:17:99) in third.
