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en_121881_0 The Special Forces Team performed well to grab the fifth place with timing of 2 hours 45 minutes and 25 seconds. |
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en_121881_1 Best timing was placed as 2 hours 18 minutes 49 seconds to be won by Nepal’s Army Team. |
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en_121881_2 This was the first time that a team from Special Forces (SF) Regiment participated in such a competition and was placed fifth in an internationally-recognized event of this nature, bringing recognition to the Army. |
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en_121881_3 The competition was a team event and conducted under three different adventures in running (6.7 km), cycling (26 km) and rafting (11 km) of a total of 43.7 km in distance. |
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en_121881_4 Thirteen teams participated in the competition, including two Briksh Gurkha Teams, one Bangladesh Team and nine Nepal Teams. |
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en_121881_5 The event was held at the banks of Trisuli River in Dhading District. |
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en_121881_6 The SF team had only limited time for practices and preparations and they were directly selected from the Regiment. |
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en_121881_7 Mr Shanith Muhandiramge and Mr Wede Campbell voluntarily assisted them for cycling and rafting practices. |
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en_121881_8 Although twenty members took part in the initial training, only five (four participants and one reserve) were selected for the participation in Nepal. |
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