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Pun clinches gold

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KATHMANDU, July 21: Yam Bahadur Pun of Nepal Police Club (NPC) on Thursday clinched gold during the Fifth Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship in the senior men´s U-58 kg category.



Pun defeated Pushpa Thapa Magar of Armed Police Force (APF) Club in the final match held at the covered hall of the Dasharath Stadium on the second day of the championship. Umesh Narayan Sudhakar from Bhaktapur and Chandra Thapa Magar from Lalitpur finished joint third. [break]



Anuj Pujari of NPC defeated Bharat Bohara of APF in the final of the senior men´s U-80 kg category to win gold. Dipendra Thapa of Army and Om Moktan from Makawanpur secured the third position.



Likewise, Tara Kumar Rayamajhi won gold in the junior men´s U-55 kg category defeating Jeevan Bhujel from Lalitpur. Ajay Lama from Kathmandu and Suman Marikhu from Bhaktapur settled for bronze.



Arun Adhikari of Army took gold in the junior men´s U-51 kg category while Amit Chaudhary from Kathmandu won silver. Sujan Singh from Kailali and Bimal Labaju from Bhaktapur shared the third spot.



In junior men´s U-45 kg, Hari Thapa from Chitwan defeated Arun Singh from Kailali for the title. Ram Gurung from Kaski and Ram Baran Yadav from Siraha won bronze.



In the junior women´s U-44 kg category, Sushmita Thapa from Chitwan defeated Muna Lama of APF in the final. Bipana Suwal from Lalitpur and Sangeeta Pulami from Bara finished third.



In senior women´s U-67 kg, Sangeeta Basyal of APF and Pratigya Bhandari from Kathmandu secured the top two positions respectively. Namrata Tuladhar from Bhaktapur and Rekhamaya Gurung from Kaski finished joint third.



In senior women´s U-57 kg, Apsara Karki of APF defeated Gyani Chunara from Kathmandu to take gold while Rita Pun from Myagdi and Neetu Shrestha from Nawalparasi secured the third position.



Meanwhile, Prabesh Adhikari from Kavre won the title of pumse in the U-19 age group category. Likewise, Laxmi Rana from Rupandehi won gold in the U-29 age group while Suresh Manandhar won the title in the above-30 age group of pumse.



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