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10K/ Half Marathon /
Marathons in India
Mumbai | Delhi
| Delhi 1| Delhi
2 | Chennai | Chennai
1 | Bangalore
| Hyderabad | Nagpur
| Kolkata | Chandigarh
| Allahabad | Baroda
| Pune | Calicut
| Kochi | Mysore
| Nasik | Mangalore | Noida
| Sikkim | Imphal
| Aurangabad
| Shimla
| Madurai | Jaipur
| Goa | Agra | Lucknow
| Kanpur | Jalandhar
| Indore
| Thiruvananthapuram
| Huubali | Alibaug
| Agra | Belgaum
| Thane | Bubaneswar
| Jodhpur |
Coimbatore |
Darjeeling | Faridabad
| Ghaziabad | Guwahati
| Madikeri ( Coorg)
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Deep Chand wins Mawana Marathon
New Delhi, Feb 7 : Deep Chand and Shukanya Mall won the men’s and women’s sections
of the Mawana Sugars Indian Open marathon held here respectively to each take home Rs.250,000 in prize money.
The marathon in its 21st edition, took the route that is proposed to be the course for the Commonwealth Games marathon, beginning from Princess Place.
Deep Chand clocked 2:22:33 secs while Shukanya Mall took 2:59:58 to complete the course of the full marathon. Santosh Kumar (2:26:17) and
K.C. Ramu (2:28:23) came second and third in the men’s section. Preetil Rao (3:04:42) Jyoti Bisht (3:12:58) were the first and second runnners up in the women’s event.
Shukanya, a BA final year student, had a string of achievements before coming here, including a first place in Airtel half-marathon.
In the half-marathon, Sandeep Kumar (1:6:54) and Pampa Chanda (1:19:29) took the honours in the men’s and women’s categories. They took home Rs 50,000 each. Soji Mathew (1:07:12) and Borappan (1:07:19) finished second and third in the men’s category while Rajshri Patil (1:19:30) and Geeta Rani (1:19:79) took the second and third positions in the women’s event.
The total prize money this year was increased to Rs.15 Lakh and cash prizes were awarded up to the 30th position.
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Delhi, 31 Jan 2010: 44th National Cross Country Championship was held at
Delhi Secretariat ground. T. Raghunathan of Police won the Men's 12k
while Railways won the team championship. In the women's 8 Km race Lalita Babar of
Railways won the title and her team also won the championship. Overall Championships
was won by Kerala.
Click here to view the results also
click here to view the team championship
tally.
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Nagpur 31 Jan 2010: Course records tumble in Nagpur International Marathon
The Tanzanian runners Patrick Nyangelo and Oswald Revellian returned personal best timings to push aside the threat of their counterparts from Kenya and Ethiopia. After trailing till 35km, the Tanzanians made the move and Patrick bettered the course record with an incredible 2:13:06 while
Revellian, a regular participant at Pune marathon, was just a second behind the winner. Kenya’s Benson Kipkosgei, fifth at Pune last year, finished third here with yet another PB of 2:13:54.
India’s Kavita Raut put a determined effort in the women’s half-marathon. She was running neck-to-neck with the runners from Africa until 10 km when Helen Musyoka break away from the bunch and start running upfront with a lead of 100m. Musyoka is familiar on the Indian roads and credited with a career best 70:50 at Pune, last year. However she managed to clock only 71:27 today but remained satisfied with setting a new course record for Nagpur.
“I am happy with the timing. At the end there were lot of crowd blocking the way hence I lost my rhythm, otherwise I could have improved my timing” was his reaction after the race.
Former Indian cricket captain and Member of Parliament Mr. Mohd Azarudeen gave away the prizes to the winners. Patrick Nyangelo received INR 250,000 while Musyoka went home with INR 150,000 prize purse for their efforts.
Top Results:
Men’s Marathon (42.195 km): 1. Patrick Nyangelo Lusato (Tanzania) 2:13:06, 2. Oswald Revellian Kauruzi (Tanzaia) 2:13:07, 3. Benson Kipkosgei Yator (Kenya) 2:13:54, 4. Tumicha Worana Horsa (Ethiopia) 2:14:28, 5. Eyob Alemu Woldegeiorgis (Ethiopia) 2:14:44, 6. Gebrekidan Gebreegziabher (Ethiopia) 2:14:49, 7. Wondimnew Melkamu Abate (Ethiopia) 2:15:07, 8. Birhanu Mekonen Tadesse (Ethiopia) 2:15:41, 9. Eston Nyaga Ngira (Kenya) 2:17:08, 10. Joseph Kithuka Kituku (Kenya) 2:18:13;
Women’s Half-Marathon (21.097 km): 1. Helen Nzembi Musyoka (Kenya) 1:11:27, 2. Restituta Joseph Kemi (Tanzania) 1:12:39, 3. Dehninet Demsew Jara (Ethiopia) 1:13:00, 4. Pauline Mutwa Thitu (Kenya) 1:13:13, 5. Eunice Mumbua Kioko (Kenya) 1:13:43, 6. Esther Wambui Karimi (Kenya) 1:13:57, 7. Kavita Raut (India) 1:14:14, 8. Josephine Muthio Kimuyu (Kenya) 1:14:22, 9. Sudha Singh (India) 1:16:13, 10. Tirualem Bekele Worke (Ethiopia) 1:16:24.
(Ram. Murali Krishnan for BCDAAA)
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Chandigarh, Jan 31 Ethiopian long distance runner Mashresha clocked an impressive 2 hours 10 minutes 51 seconds to clinch the inaugural Chandigarh Marathon title.
Mashresha set the India all comers record in Marathon.
Chandigarians came out in numbers to participate in the Marathon, which the city administration has decided to make an annual event.
Offering tough competition to the foreigners, the Indian athletes begged third positions in both the Full and Half Marathon races.
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh earlier kicked off the Full Marathon in the presence of cricketer Dinesh Mongia, Home Secretary Ram Niwas, Finance Secretary Sanjay Kumar, among others.
More than 100 runners took part in the Full Marathon, including athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, England, Poland and Germany.
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Jan 25, 2010: BCDAAA Notice: The meeting for the Sub Junior State Championship which is to be held at Satara on February 6th and 7th will be conducted at 5:30 pm on Wednesday 27, 2010 at Priyadarshini Park, Napeansea Road, Mumbai. All the selected athletes are requested to bring their original date of Birth Certificate issued from the municipality and a photocopy of the same. They should also bring 2 passport size photograph. It is compulsory for all the athletes or their representative to attend the
meeting.
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 Mawana Sugar Indian Open Marathon will be held on 7th February 2010 in Delhi. The Race will start from India Gate and the route (enclosed) is the same which is proposed for the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010. The Race will be conducted in two categories in full (42kms) & half (21kms).
As a precursor to the forthcoming Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon (recognized and National Status accorded by AFI), running clinics cum
preparatory workshop by renowned marathon runners are being conducted in the city to help interested participants to effectively prepare for marathon running.
The clinic held today early morning at Nehru Park was formally inaugurated by Mr. M.L. Dogra, Director-AFI and was attended by around 250 running enthusiasts. The early morning assembly started with a running practice for about two and a half hours, followed by exercise schedule and tips on healthy eating by leading marathon running stalwarts Pramod Kumar and Sunita Godara.
The participants of the clinics were later joined by leading Indian Olympian Athletes Shriram Singh (Arjuna and Padmashree awardee) and Praveen Kumar (Arjuna awardee who also played Bheem in Mahabharata). These leading lights of Indian athletics shared their experiences and gave tips for keeping fit and how to focus on performance before the competition. These workshops will continue till the race day.
Click here to view route map of Mawan
suger marathon
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 Pinki Pramanik injured in accident
Calcutta: India international athlete Pinky Pramanik was injured in a road accident near Balarampur village in Purulia on Saturday.
Pinky was returning home to Bagmundi village after inaugurating the Purulia Athletic Championship at Manbhum Stadium when her car collided with an Ambassador. While Pinky sustained deep cuts on her forehead and knee, for which she underwent stitches, her father, Durgacharan Pramanik, was rushed to the Tata Hospital in Jamshedpur. Her father’s condition is learnt to be serious.
The incident happened in the evening when Pinky’s Santro collided with the Ambassador near Patharbandh in Balarampur. The driver of the Ambassador, Sailen Hansda, died when he was being rushed to a nearby hospital.
Pinky was a member of the Indian quartet that won gold medal in the 4x400m relay in the Doha Asian Games in 2006.
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 New comers took Mumbai Marathon titles, Bining first among Indians
Mumbai, India – 17 Jan 2010: Running on a new course and in relatively hot climate, the defending champions and top gunners went unnoticed as new faces took over the prime spots in Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday.
David Tarus, last year’s runner-up and billed as a top contender to win the race this time following the absence of defending champion Kenneth Mungara, led the runners briefly but had problem in keeping the pace as the group passed Atria Mall and approached towards Worli. He fell behind, as also the pacer Simon Munyutu, a French citizen with African origin as the runners took a turn in that point.
Another pace-setter, Simon Kasimli of Kenya did the front running and was leading compatriot Denis Ndiso, Ethipions Gebo Burka and Haile Demissie at the half-way mark. Having finished his responsibilities, Kasimli was trailing behind after Bandra reclamation and allowed the trio to take over.
There was a second group which includes Kenyans Samson Limareng, Matthew Kibowen and Jonathan Kibet along
with Ethiopians Siraj Amda Bene and Fekadu Kedir running behind the leaders and prepared to take over.
At 30 Km, Limareng and Amda Bene moved ahead and joined the leaders. As the runners approached towards the newly opened Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, only Ndiso and Burka were on the fray for the top spot as they left others at a distance. Once at the Sea Link, Ndiso made the “kick” and did the solo run towards finish as Burka dropped out.
Denis Ndiso went on to achieve his maiden win in marathon with a career best 2:12:34 as Amda Bene came from behind to take the second place at 2:13:58 which halted a chance for Kenyan sweep at men’s race. Limareng and Kibet finished behind the Ethiopian for third and fourth places respectively.
Ethiopians swept the women’s race
If Kenyans are dominating the men’s scene, the Ethiopian women ruled the roads of Mumbai for the third year in succession.
Three times victor Mulu Seboka and defending champion Haile Kebebush led a group of dozen Ethiopian runners from the start. The women gave better hopes than men in terms of performance as there were a host of athletes with better timings entered the fray this year.
But heat and humidity slowed them a bit as they started behind the men. Seboka had some high hopes at the beginning as she had experience on the course and Kebebush was right on her shoulders to challenge and achieve good results.
Quite interestingly the leading group includes two time global medalist Bizunesh Mohammed Urgesa as well. Bizunesh, the world junior silver medalist in 3000m in 2008 and a world youth bronze medalist over 1500m five years ago, held off the challenge from her senior compatriots as she try to remain in the bunch throughout the race.
Firehiwot Dado Tufa, last year’s Rome Marathon champion along with Azalech Masresha, the ninth place finisher in Paris last year were threatened to charge the trio as they approached half-way.
The five made a formidable group but Seboka and Tufa have become tired as the heat took its toll at their return-journey. Bizunesh and Kebebush were running shoulder to shoulder at the final stages of the race to make it more interesting for those who watch them on Television and along the roadside. The guessing-game ends sooner as Bizunesh (20), touch the tape just two seconds before Kebebush to become victor.
The winners in both men and women sections have become richer by USD 35,000 as the total prize money went to top-12 finishers in marathon and top-5 in half-marathon. There were also special incentives to top Indian finishers in all categories. The organizers used to run a Veterans’ race, Dream Run and a Wheelchair event simultaneously with the Mumbai Marathon. The 6 km Dream Run witnessed 20,541 participants and include many celebrities of the Indian metropolis.
(Ram. Murali Krishnan)
Top Results:
MEN: 1. Denis Ndiso KEN 2:12:34 PB; 2. Siraj Amda Bene ETH 2:13:58; 3. Samson Limareng KEN 2:14:24 PB; 4. Jonathan Kibet KEN 2:14:29; 5. Matthew Kibowen KEN 2:2:14:55; 6. Fekadu Kedir ETH 2:15:27; 7. John Mutai Kipyator KEN 2:16:38; 8. Gezahagn Girma Beyene ETH 2:17:32; 9. Simon Tanui KEN 2:17:41; 10. Haile Demissie ETH 2:19:28; 11. Lyngkhoi Binning IND 2:20:12; 12. Ram Singh Yadav IND 2:21:02; 13. David Makori KEN 2:21:35; 14. Daniel Kiprugut KEN 2:22:33; 15. Amha Giday ETH 2:22:47;
WOMEN: 1. Bizunesh Mohammed Urgesa ETH 2:31:09 PB; 2. Haile Kebebush ETH 2:31:11; 3. Azalech Masresha ETH 2:32:12 PB; 4. Mulu Seboka ETH 2:32:46; 5. Firehiwot Dao Tufa ETH 2:33:38; 6. Tirework Lemma ETH 2:36:52; 7. Martha Markos ETH 2:38:18; 8. Merima Hasan ETH 2:42:40; 9. Adil Saeda Kedir ETH 2:43:20 PB; 10. Ayela Lemma ETH 2:50:32; 11. Nina Podnebesnova RUS 2:53:47; 12. Worknesh Mola ETH 2:54:16;
Half-Marathon (all INDIANS, unless stated):
MEN: 1. Sandeep Kumar 1:06:18; 2. Soji Mathew 1:06:22; 3. Irappa D. Akki 1:06:59; 4. Ajay Kumar Patel 1:07:29; 5. Khetaram Singh 1:08:44;
WOMEN: 1. Jayshree Shivshankar Boarge 1:26:06; 2. Nilam Kadam 1:26:24; 3. Reshma Dalvi 1:29:57; 4. Amanda Harper (AUS) 1:30:30; 5. Sunita Rama Kanna 1:31:06.
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Mumbai, Jan 15, 2010: Strong Women’s filed set to eclipse Mumbai marathon record
Three times winner and course record-holder Mulu Seboka is back here to win the 7th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday (17). Her Ethiopian compatriot Haile Kebebush, the defending champion, is all set to challenge her as the elite women’s field has names that of some truly fast runners from elsewhere in the World.
The Ethiopians fielded just over two dozen women athletes to keep their winning tradition alive. However it would not be an easy task for them as an array of good runners from other parts of the World are also in the fray for the Sunday’s race.
The winner of Nairobi edition of “Greatest Race on Earth” series, Irene Jerotich, along with runner-up Alice Nyerechi Chelagat led the challenge from Kenya. Chelagat had a personal best 2:27:29 while finishing fifth at Dubai in 2008. She was a bit slower than Jerotich at Nairobi, but given ideal conditions she could dip better timings this time around.
These are not the only athletes credited with fast performances as Russia’s Natalya Volgina, the second-place finisher at Paris three years ago with a career best 2:27:32 and last year’s Rome marathon champion Firehiwot Dado Tufa of Ethiopia with an impressive 2:27:08 would make it intensive on the women’s side.
There are also some debutant runners which includes former Kenyan world junior silver medalist in 1500m, Rose Kosgei, joins the others to put things unpredictable.
Tarus ready for the big day
With defending champion Kenneth Mungara opted to out owing to an injury, the 2009 runner-up David Kiptui Tarus of Kenya is all set to take over the men’s race if things are went as planned.
But the men’s line-up has three East European runners who would like to give the Kenyan runners a run for their money. Russian national record-holder Aleksey V. Sokolov (2:09:07), the victor in Dublin marathon 2007 together with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Kuzin (2:07:33) and Yuriy Hychun (2:10:59) posed a real threat to the Africans.
However, Tarus have some teammates like Daniel Kiprugut (2:08:38), Henry Cherono and Luka Chelimo to tackle the situation on the Mumbai roads.
Increase in prize money boosts athletes
The organisers have increased the prize money this year by around 25 percent to USD 310,000. The winners in men and women divisions take home USD 35,000 each as the prize money runs down to top-12 runners, as against the ten who got it in the past six years. “The increase in prize money is necessitated following the growing number of elite participation and further recognition to Mumbai with a Gold label by the IAAF”, the organisers revealed.
Indian winners will also get enhance cash awards this year.
This year’s race is significant as the course now proudly includes the newly opened Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, a 5.6 km stretch over sea which bridges Worli and
Bandra.
Decathlete and triple World champion Dan O’Brien is the brand ambassador for this year’s Mumbai Marathon. O’Brien (43), the multi-event specialist and now a popular television commentator is eager to meet young sporting aspirants on the Indian city to spread the word of goodwill and promote the sport to new horizons.
(Ram. Murali Krishnan)
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Jan 11, 2010: BCDAAA has
finalized list of technical officials for the Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon 2010 to be held on Sunday, Jan 17. Click
here to view list of officials >>
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Jan 11, 2009: BCDAAA has
selected 37 member sub junior athletic team to represent Bombay city in
the Maharashtra State Sub Junior Athletics Championship to be held at
Satara from 6th to 7th Feb 2010. Click
here to view the selected team members>>
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42nd Bombay City District Annual Athletics
Championship 2009-10
2-3 January 2010
Priyadarshini Park Ground
Final Results
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