ALLAHABAD: The town is all set to host the 33rd edition of the All-India (prize-money) Indira Marathon on Sunday. As the development might be performed in 5 categories, the government had a busy day with registration of athletes.
By Saturday night time, greater than 10,000 individuals had got themselves registered for the elite event, which was once first hosted right here in 1985 by means of the UP sports directorate.
The 5 categories are the Open, run for senior athletes (45 years and above), for young athletes (20 or less) and the one for those who are 15 or less in age. In the open class, the athletes might be protecting a distance of 42.195km.
The prominent competition in the males's class are S Pal and Brahma Prakash, Sammer Yadav, Inderjeet Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Aditya Uthappa, Salwar Yadav, Sandeep Singh, Ramesh Kumar Pal and Dharmendra Singh.
Likewise, Jyoti Shankar Gawate, who has won the name in 4 earlier years would be the favourite in the ladies's department. Challenging her for the name might be Kanchan Singh, Sangita Patel, Rani Yadav, Ranjana, and Suman Bhartiya - all prominent distance runners of the country.
The race might be flagged off from Anand Bhawan at 6.30am by means of Laxman awardee Pramod Tiwari, whilst ex-international shuttler Abhinn Shyam Gupta will give away the prizes to the winners.
By Saturday night time, greater than 10,000 individuals had got themselves registered for the elite event, which was once first hosted right here in 1985 by means of the UP sports directorate.
The 5 categories are the Open, run for senior athletes (45 years and above), for young athletes (20 or less) and the one for those who are 15 or less in age. In the open class, the athletes might be protecting a distance of 42.195km.
The prominent competition in the males's class are S Pal and Brahma Prakash, Sammer Yadav, Inderjeet Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Aditya Uthappa, Salwar Yadav, Sandeep Singh, Ramesh Kumar Pal and Dharmendra Singh.
Likewise, Jyoti Shankar Gawate, who has won the name in 4 earlier years would be the favourite in the ladies's department. Challenging her for the name might be Kanchan Singh, Sangita Patel, Rani Yadav, Ranjana, and Suman Bhartiya - all prominent distance runners of the country.
The race might be flagged off from Anand Bhawan at 6.30am by means of Laxman awardee Pramod Tiwari, whilst ex-international shuttler Abhinn Shyam Gupta will give away the prizes to the winners.
Allahabad all set for Indira Marathon
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November 19, 2017
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