Mwiruki and Shrestha win Kathmandu25K Nepal Heritage Run

On the women’s side, Nepal’s “golden runner” Santoshi Shrestha dominated the race from the start and won the title with a time of 1 hour 31 minutes and 43 seconds. Army runner Nisha Sarki finished second with 1:32:31, and APF’s Pushpa Bhandari came in third with 1:38:09.

In the men’s 25K race, Julius Mwiruki from Kenya finished first with a time of 1 hour 16 minutes and 48 seconds. Tribhuvan Army Club’s Binod Rokaya came in second, clocking 1 hour 17 minutes and 11 seconds, while Sushil KC secured third place with 1 hour 18 minutes and 51 seconds.

Winners in both men’s and women’s 25K categories received NPR 100,000 (625 EUR), runners-up got NPR 50,000, and third-place finishers were awarded NPR 25,000.

In the 5K Youth (U-18) Category:

Men: Ajay Pandey Kshetri finished first in 17:12, followed by Sandeep Century in 17:44, and Amrit Bishwakarma came third in 18:13.

Women: Asmita Bhujel topped the race in 21:47.66. Bhagwati Khadka (22:27.87) and Ayushma Acharya (23:30.78) followed in second and third positions respectively.

In the 5K Veterans Category:

Men: Dharma Maharjan won the title with a time of 18:31.15, followed by Lep Sang Tamang in second and Ram Chandra Shrestha in third.

Women: Sharmila Basnet claimed first place in 26:19.79, with Kalpana Maharjan second and Keshari Thapa Magar Gurung third. Kalpana finished in 22:27.87 and Keshari in 23:30.79.
Winners in both U-18 and Veteran 5K categories received NPR 10,000, while the second and third positions were awarded NPR 6,000 and NPR 3,000, respectively.

The 25K route started from Dasharath Stadium and passed through Kupondole, Patan Krishna Mandir, Gwarko, Tinkune Airport, Gaushala, Kalopul, Kamalpokhari, Haktisar, Lainchaur, Swayambhu Tahachal, Basantapur, before returning to Dasharath Stadium.

Winners were awarded by Tanklal Ghising, Member Secretary of the National Sports Council, and Paco Borao, President of AIMS.