Rajan Rokaya of the Nepali Army clinched the title of the 15th edition of the Safal Pokhara International Marathon Championship.

The marathon competition was organised by the Former sports Persons Forum.in Pokhara today.

Rokaya completed the 42-kilometre marathon in two hours 28 minutes and 56 seconds. He bagged a cash prize of Rs 200,000 along with the trophy and the title.

Similarly, two other athletes from the Nepali Army became second and third finishers in the marathon. NA’s Gyan Prasad Bhattarai completed the marathon in second place clocking two hours 23 minutes and 48 seconds while Devi Raj Basnet took the third place completing the race in two hours 42 minutes and 33 seconds. Bhattarai bagged cash prize Rs 100,000 and Basnet Rs 75,000.

Likewise, Pradip Tamang of Panchthar who finished the race in two hours 54 minutes and eight seconds clinched the consolation prize of Rs 25,000 and trophy.