Uttam Khatri of Nepal Army win the 7th Real Kathmandu Marathon in Nepal

Kathmandu Marathon

Uttam Khatri of the Nepal Army won the 7th Real Kathmandu Marathon in Nepal which was held on September 21, 2013 at the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. Uttam completed the marathon in 2 hour 32 minute and 01 second to win the marathon while defending champions Krishna Basnet, also of the Nepal Army finished second place with completing the course in 2 hour 32 minute and 40 seconds.

Rajan Khatri won bronze by completing the course in 2 hour 33 minute and 54 seconds. The winner took home Nepalese rupees 1,00,000 in cash prize while the first and second runners up took home Nepalese rupees 50000 and 20000 respectively.

Below are the winners of the other events/categories that were held in the day.

Half Marathon Men

1. Raj Kumar Bista (winner)
2. Hom Lal Shrestha (2nd)
3. Tirtha Bahadur Tamang (3rd)

Half Marathon Women

1. Bindra Shrestha (winner)
2. Sarita BC (2nd)
3. Narayan Devi Singh (3rd)

5KM Men

1. Kalyan Baniya (winner)
2. Laxman Malla (2nd)
3. Kiran Malla (3rd)

5KM women

1. Bishworupa Budha (winner)
2. Kanchi Maya Koju (2nd)

Wheelchair 5KM

• Bharat Adhikari (Men Winner)
• Jyoti Aryal (Women Winner)

5KM Student

• Sarad Shah (Boys Winner)
• Sangita Khadka (Girls Winner)

Pro Sports Private Limited with technical support from Nepal Amateur Athletics Association, has been organizing the Kathmandu Marathon annually. The seventh edition of Real Kathmandu Marathon was organized with the slogan ‘Do your share for a cleaner city’.

The title sponsor of the Kathmandu Marathon is Real fruit juice from Dabur, Nepal. Total of 6,000 individuals including athletes from 20 foreign countries participated in the event.