KATHMANDU: Nepali players Rajendra Dulal and Rakta Manandhar won gold medal in the 20th World Veterans Table Tennis Championships in Mascot on Saturday.

Dulal and Manandhar defeated Indian pair Rajnish Khatavkar and Amrit Amil Modi 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9 in the final of the men's above-45 section, informed coach Anita Maharjan from Mascot.

Nepal's ambassador to Mascot, Dornath Aryal and members of Nepali Diaspora attended the match.

A version of this article appears in the print on January 21, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.