LALITPUR, APRIL 2

Bagmati Province won the title of the 17th National Taekwondo Tournament here at the Taekwondo Academy hall on Saturday.

Bagmati won nine gold, four silver and 11 bronze medals to finish first, while Nepal Police Club came second with five gold and a bronze medals.

Lumbini Province finished third with three gold, four silver and five bronze medals. Navaraj Basnet of Lumbini and Kanchan Thapa of NPC were declared the best players in senior section, while Sushant Thapa of Province-I and Gita Kathayat of Sudurpashchim won the awards in junior categories.

A total of 237 players took part in the tournament that offered 26 gold medals.

A version of this article appears in the print on April 3, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.