Delhi Half-Marathon – The Hindu

Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal will lead the Indian problem whereas Sanjivani Jadhav and Lili Das will headline the ladies’s subject on the twentieth Vedanta Delhi Half-Marathon. 

The marathon, to be flagged off on October 12 from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, has a prize purse of $260000 with $27,000 every for the boys’s and girls’s champions. A particular efficiency bonus of Rs. 2 lakh has been introduced for any Indian athlete who units a brand new occasion document together with a further $2,000 for a sub-60-minute end. 

Gulveer, the nationwide document holder in 5k and 10k and the reigning Asian champion in each occasions, will probably be taking part in his first highway race this yr and solely his third highway occasion after the Tata Steel 25k final yr and the TCS World 10K in 2022.

Abhishek, the Indian winner in 2023, is in good kind after successful the 10k in April and a 5k-10k double on the National Inter-State senior athletics championships final month. 

 Lili Das.
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Among girls, defending Indian champion Lili will probably be hoping to retain her title however would anticipate stiff competitors from Sanjivani, twice former champion right here and winner of the World 10K Bengaluru this yr, and the 2023 winner Kavita Yadav.

Meanwhile, Ethiopians Alemaddis Eyayu and Jemal Mekonen can be among the many high worldwide names within the girls’s and males’s sections respectively with defending champion Alemaddis hoping to retain her title.

The 29-yr previous Mekonen, with a private better of 58:33, will probably be seeking to go underneath the one-hour mark in his maiden look. He will probably be joined by Kenya’s Benard Biwott and Olympic 5,000m silver medallist Ronald Kwemoi in his half-marathon debut with eight sub-60-minute runners among the many starters.

Alemaddis, who gained in 1:08.17 final yr, will face robust problem from fellow Ethiopian and former half-marathon world document holder Ababel Yeshanesh and Kenyans Lilian Rengeruk and Catherine Amangole.