"This time my focus was only on retaining the title for the third time in a row and, thank God, I succeeded," Nirjala, 32, who was riding a carbon fiber Scott bike, told IANS. Shimla : Nepal's intrepid biker Nirjala Tamrakar Wright Saturday scored her third win on the roll in the women's category of the Hercules MTB (mountain biking) Himachal-2011, event organisers said here. "Nirjala and Chhetri won the mountain biking expedition in their respective categories," Mohit Sood, president of the Himalayan Adventure Sports and Tourism Promotion Association (HASTPA), the event organising club, told IANS. She was then riding her sponsored Qoroz Professional titanium bike. Nirjala finished the race 5 hours 10 minutes ahead of Monica, who finished second. But practice on similar topography and under same climatic conditions (in Nepal) helped me a lot to retain the title," said Nirjala, who has been pedalling professionally for 11 years.
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