In the U-21 singles category, Ruvin Maharjan secured the gold medal in the boys’ event, while Ivana Thapa claimed gold in the girls’ event. Both players represented AVM at the Nepal Youth Table Tennis Championship on Wednesday. In the U-21 boys’ singles, Gunanjay Dahal finished second, with Samir Khatri and Rijan Shakya taking third place. On the girls’ side, Bianca Rai earned the silver medal, and Asma Pahari alongside Saira Shakya secured joint third positions.
AVM’s Prajwal Bhattarai won the gold medal in the U-17 boys’ singles category. The championship featured a total of six events and carried a prize fund of NPR 200,000. The competition was held on October 14 in Kathmandu.
The event took place at the National Table Tennis Training Center in Lainchaur. In the U-21 boys’ singles, Gunanjay Dahal of Nepal Police was runner-up, while Samir Khatri from Vision Table Tennis Club and Rijan Shakya of YAL Table Tennis finished third. In the U-21 girls’ singles, Bianca Rai of AVM took second place, followed by Asma Pahari and Saira Shakya, also from AVM, in third place.
The Nepal Table Tennis Pvt. Ltd. organized the tournament. In the U-17 boys’ singles, Prajwal Bhattarai of AVM won gold, Rijan Shakya of YAL took silver, and Nischal Thapa from Stag Champions Table Tennis Club along with Rivaanmuni Bajracharya of YAL earned bronze medals. This two-day competition comprised six categories in total. Earlier in the tournament, Saira Shakya won the gold medal in the U-13 and U-17 girls’ singles, while Rivaanmuni Bajracharya took gold in the U-13 boys’ singles category.
The winners were awarded by Ramcharitra Mehta, Member-Secretary of the National Sports Council (Rakhope), Siddhi Byanjankar, Chief Advisor of the Ministry of Education and Sports, and Sikka Suwal Shrestha, Executive Committee Member of Rakhope. The total prize money allocated for the event was NPR 200,000.
