KATHMANDU: Shree Maharjan and Dinesh Shrestha advanced to the third round of the Men’s Below-58kg section during the fourth Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championships here Thursday.

Joining them in the same event were Sujan Pujari, Krishna Lama, Bablu Siwakoti, Anish Maharjan, Sujan Joshi, Prabin Shrestha, Surendra Chaudhary, Haribansha Balami, Bimal Lama, Jhanka Raj Pandey, Kumar Pun, Purushottam Manandhar, Tek Bahadur Thapa and Yam Bahadur Pun.

Also winning in the Men’s Below 58kg section were Sunil Limbu, Jayram Nepali, Sriram Shrestha, Santosh Pun, Sitaram Aryal, Bhuwan Bahadur Basnet, Nir Kumar Rayamajhi, Prem Malla, Krishna Thapa, Sandip Baral, Surendra Kumar Khadka, Rajendra Shahi, Raju Lama, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Bishnu Kumar Chaudhary and Sandip Ojha.

Entering the second round in the Men’s Above-58kg section were Niranjan Rajbhandari, Resham Pun, Upendra Sedai, Pradeep Lama, Rohit Tamang, Robin Shrestha, Anoj Pujari, Anil Waiba, Binod Sundar, Pawan Chaudhary, Indra Bahadur Singh, Nischal Shrestha, Umesh Narayan Sudikar, Durga Bahadur Kumal, Rim Bahadur Darai and Kiran Pariyar.

Although the tournament kicked off on Wednesday, the official inauguration is slated for Friday.