KATHMANDU: Nepal has so far secured a total of 23 gold, seven silver, and nine bronze medals in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games being held in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.
Nepal’s Sunita Maharjan defeated her Pakistani opponent and won the gold in Kumite of Karate under 68-kg category with 8-2 points at Nepal Karate Academy in Satdobato, Lalitpur on Tuesday.
Likewise, Kajal Shrestha bagged another gold in Taekwondo under 46-kg category defeating her Pakistani opponent with 50-14 points.
Bir Bahadur Mahara won the gold medal for Taekwondo under 68-kg category defeating his Pakistani opponent with 41-36 points.
Meanwhile, Ganga Ram Kusuwar secured the silver medal in Kumite of Karate under 75-kg category at the same venue.
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List of gold medal-winning players from Nepal:
| Name | Category |
| 1. Soni Gurung | Triathlon |
| 2. Anu Adhikari | Karate |
| 3. Kusum Khadka | Karate |
| 4. Mandekaji Shrestha, Pravin Manandhar, Mahasus Tamang | Karate team-men |
| 5. Sangeeta Magar, Saru Bista, Nirmala Tamang | Karate team-women |
| 6. Lakshman Tamang | Karate |
| 7. Biplav Lal Shrestha | Karate |
| 8. Aayesha Shakya | Taekwondo |
| 9. Kamal Shrestha | Taekwondo |
| 10. Nisha Darnal, Swastima Tamang, Sanjila Timilsina, Parvati Gurung | Team category |
| 11. Sanjib Kumar Ojha, Aayesha Shakya | Taekwondo team pair |
| 12. Sina Maden | Taekwondo |
| 13. Parvati Gurung | Taekwondo |
| 14. Kamal Adhikari | Taekwondo |
| 15. Mandekaji Shrestha | Karate |
| 16. Himal Tamata | Duathlon |
| 17. Bijay Sinjali | Taolu, Changqang Wushu |
| 18. Susmita Tamang | Taolu, Changqang Wushu |
| 19. Nabin Rasaili | Karate |
| 20. Santoshi Shrestha | Athletics |
| 21. Sunita Maharjan | Karate |
| 22. Kajal Shrestha | Taekwondo |
| 23. Bir Bahadur Mahara | Taekwondo |
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Written by Nishant Pokhrel
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