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KATHMANDU: Seven U-17 athletes on Sunday left for Bangladesh to participate in the fifth International Invitation BKSP Athletics Championship slated for December 13-15 in Dhaka.
Pushpa Raj Yadav and Rishi Bahadur Kumal will take part in 100m race, while Yadav and Sanil Gorkhali will run in 200m race. Gorkhali will also compete in triple jump, Bishwo Ram Kunwar and Catherine Basukala will run in 800m and 1,500m races.
Britisha Shilpakar will run in 100m and 200m races, while Sima Shrestha will take part in 100m race and high jump event.
Nepali athletes will also take part in 4X100m race.
Team leader Siddhanta Adhikari, coach Asharam Gothe and officials Sushma Pandey and Bina Shrestha accompanied the players to Bangladesh.
A version of this article appears in the print on December 12, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
