Kathmandu, June 14 -- Bagmati Province lifted the 15th edition of the Central President Running Shield, Nepal's biggest sporting event in the junior category, with 36 gold medals. The province was provided with trophies and medals on the final day of the three-day event on the Dasharath Stadium premises on Friday.

The central event saw 686 players competing across six different sports-athletics, volleyball, kabaddi, karate, taekwondo and wushu. The players were selected through local and district-level selections before representing the province. Each province had 49 boys and 49 girls competing for 66 gold, 66 silver, and 98 bronze medals.

The winner of the tournament is decided based on the most number of gold medals. Bagmati, alongsid...