KATHMANDU: Mukesh Pal and Santoshi Shrestha won the 1,500m races under the 44th National Athletics Championship at the Dasharath Stadium on Friday.

The Tribhuvan Army Club athlete Pal completed the race in three minutes and 56.7 seconds, while Nepal APF Club's Ajit Yadav was second in 3:58.8 and TAC's Sunil Sunar came third in 4:01.8. The 13th South Asian Games gold medal winner, Bagmati Province's Shrestha won the women's section gold medal after she came first in 4:42.8. TAC's Purna Laxmi Neupane was second in 4:58.2, while APF's Asha Rawal came third in 5:05.9.

In the 400m race, TAC's Som Bahadur Kumal won men's section gold medal with the timing of 48.79 seconds. TAC's Prakash Danuwar was second in 49.92, while APF's Nir Pratap Mahato came third in 50.90. In women's section. APF's Ramita Kumari Tharu won gold in 59.89 seconds, finishing ahead of TAC's Nirmala Thapa (1:01.06) and Lumbini Province's Aruna Rijal (1:01.9). - HNS

A version of this article appears in the print on June 25, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.