to participation for athletes of all nationalities who are above 18 years of age. Canada's Curry Wallace and Nepal's Laxmi Magar won the first ever Waling 100: International Open Mountain Biking Marathon, in the male and female categories respectively, thus concluding the first-of-its-kind cycling event in March 2019. Wallace completed the 100-kilometre marathon held in Waling Municipality in six hours, 20 minutes and 58 seconds. In the female category, Laxmi Magar occupied the first position by completing the race in eight hours, nine minutes and 23 seconds. Dinkar Nepal, the organizer of the event, expressed his happiness as the marathon was successfully held without any disruption. "The marathon was smoothly conducted, and we have received a very good response from the athletes as well," he said. He also shared his eagerness to conduct such events in future. Among the participants, three were international athletes, five of them were from the Nepal Police, and three were from Nepal Armed Police Force. Dilip Khand, Mayor of Waling Municipality congratulated the organizers for conducting the marathon. "Such kind of races not only promote cultural tourism, but they can also be a hub to attract more tourists," he added. He said that the marathon will be held annually, and the municipality will focus on promoting the tourism and hospitality industry for sustainability of such events. Community radio Waling has two community radio stations. Radio Andhikhola 105.4 MHz is a cooperative community radio station which was formally inaugurated on 22 November 2007. This is the first radio station of the Syangja district and can be heard in neighbouring 15 districts. Community Radio Waling 89.2 MHz (CRW) is a non-profit entity established by the NGO - AGECO Nepal, with a mission to promote organic agriculture for protection of environment and ecological conservation. Government Waling is in the parliamentary constituency area number 2 of the Syangja district. In the constituent assembly election of 2008, Gopalman Shrestha of Nepali Congress got elected with 17247 votes. His nearest competitors in the election were Chakra Bahadur Parajuli of Communist Party of Nepal (UML) with 12173 votes and Deepa Bhusal of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) with 11824 votes. It also functions as the administrative center for the western Syangja district. Many government and other organizations have offices in Waling, including: Waling Municipality Office Area Administrative Office Office of the Department of Roads Sericulture Development Office Area Forest Office Nepal Telecom