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Sherpa, Darnal win double golds

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KATHMANDU, June 2: Krisha Sherpa and Krishna Darnal of Nepal earned double gold on Saturday during Sixth NSKA International Karate Championship underway at the covered hall of Dasharath Stadium.



Krisha edged past Renuka Pandey of Nepal in women´s single kata for gold and teamed up with Pandey and Sapana Darnal for open team kata gold. UAE´s team finished runner up in open team kata. [break]



In men´s kumite, Darnal edged past Santosh Magar of Nepal in U-12 age category. Darnal also bagged gold in men´s singles U-35 kg kata edging past UAE´s Walid Hamja.



Men´s above 20 years kumite title went to Nepal´s Suman Kumar Karki who edged past Dawa Lama of host nation. Diwas Shrestha and Niraj Kumar Shrestha of Nepal took the first and second positions respectively in U-20 years age category. Suraj Shrestha and Binod Rokka of Nepal claimed gold and silver in U-16 year category. Subham Thapa of India bagged gold in U-14 year category defeating Sushant Modak of Nepal. Ashis Budhatoki of Nepal and Aryan of India took gold and silver in U-10 year age group.



In men´s single U-16 year age category kata title went to Sushant Modak of Nepal while Saikat Munna came second. Similarly, Sushant Modak was defeated by Hasan Mohayauddin of UAE in the final of U-45 kg singles kata. Dambar Ale Magar and Niraj Kumar Shretha of Nepal bagged gold and silver in open category.



Sapana Darnal of Nepal came ahead of India´s Sushmita Das in the final of U-40 kg women´s singles kata. The event will conclude on Sunday.



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