KATHMANDU: Gaurika Singh of Tribhuvan Army Club set another national record and bagged three gold medals, taking her gold tally to eight in swimming in the Eight National Games in Nepalgunj on Tuesday.
Singh broke her own national record in 100-meter butterfly, outshone her opponents in 200-backstroke, and 200-meter butterfly to win three gold medals.
Singh took 1.09.97 in 100-meter butterfly to improve her own previous national record of 0.08.63. Duana Lama of Army and Shreebi Maharjan of Armed Police Force clinched silver and bronze, respectively. Lama clocked 1.21.37.
In 200-meter freestyle, Singh timed 2.09.19 seconds to win gold while Duana of Army and Tisa Shakya of APF finished second and third taking 2.18.10 and 2.26.31 seconds, respectively.
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