Ang wins Everest race

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE

NAMCHE BAZAAR: Three-month pregnant Ang Dami Sherpa bagged her second women's Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon title clocking 6:02:10 ahead of Mani Kala Rai (6:02:20) and Tara Ketner (7:28:10) of the United States. Ang Dami, who had also won the race in 2006, was over the moon to win the title again after seven years. “Although, I have been regularly participating in the marathon since 2006, I have gone without title for the last seven years. I have no words to share my happiness,” said the 44-year old mother of three and grandmother of one from Thame, Solukhumbu. In the men's section, local runner Ram Kumar Rajbhandari claimed the title after finishing runners-up in the previous two editions.