Chala Regasa of Ethiopia and Irine Cheptai of Kenya won the men and women elite races respectively at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.
Regasa won the race with a time of 1 hour 30 seconds, while Cheptai came up with a personal best of 1:06:42 to top the women’s event.
Kenya’s Felix Kipkoech and Ethiopia’s Boki Diriba came second and third in the men’s race with timings of 1:00:33 and 1:00:34 respectively.
Ethopia’s Dawit Seyaum and Uganda’s Stella Chesang came second and third in the women’s race with 1:08:02 and 1:08:11.
Steeple chaser Avinash Sable won the Indian men elite race by just 0.04 seconds ahead of Kartik Kumar and Srinu Bugatha. Both Sable and Kumar clocked 1:04:00 but the former won by the smallest of margins.
The Indian women elite race was won by Sanjivani Yadav who clocked 1:17:53. Monika Athara and Priti Lamba were second and third with 1:18:39 and 1:19:06.
Read all the Latest Sports News and Breaking News here
Comments
0 comment