Noted mountaineer Yogendra Garbyal flagged off the half marathon. While James Kipting of Kenya came first in the 21 kilometre long run, Puran Singh Dhami of Pithoragarh district came second, followed by Ravindra Tiwari of Dehradun in the third position. In the women’s category of the run which was 10 kilometres in length, Arpita Saini from Muzaffarnagar won the first position, followed by Anita Chaudhry of Mathura in the second position and Tulsi Kholiya of Pithoragarh district securing the third position. In the boys category run which was five kilometres in length Saurabh Badhani of Sainik School Ghodakhal and in the girls category Karuna of St Jones school topped the competition. According to the event organisers, about 1,000 persons had registered for the run. A total of Rs three lakh was presented in cash awards to the winners of the event.
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