Six marathon runners qualify for Asian and Commonwealth Games

Published at :March 27, 2022 at 9:08 PM

Modified at :March 27, 2022 at 9:08 PM

Nitendra Singh Rawat wins full marathon in male category.

Six elite runners scorched their way into the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, comfortably attaining the qualifying marks during the 7th edition of the prestigious Ageas Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon here on Sunday.

Olympian Nitendra Singh Rawat led the charge of the Super Six on a hot morning, annexing the full marathon crown with an impressive timing of 2:16.05. Anish Thapa Magar (2:16.41) and Anil Kumar Singh (2:16.47) claimed the first and second runners-up positions in what turned out to be an intense battle for supremacy.

The qualifying times for the Commonwealth Games in July-August is 2:18:40 for men and 2:38:19 for women and for the Asian Games in September 2:18:48 and 2:39.28 respectively.

Ashish Kumar (2:17.04), AB Belliappa (2:17.09) and Kalidas Laxman Hirave (2:18.14) were the other three men who went under the qualifying times to make the Ageas Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon a huge success.

“We are delighted that six elite athletes have made it to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,” Karthik Raman, Chief Marketing Officer, Ageas Federal Life Insurance, exuded. “The marathon itself was exciting with the runners giving it their everything,” he pointed out.

Organised by NEB Sports, the marathon is recognised as a National Marathon Championship by the AFI. In all, 13,000 runners took part in it, with the half marathon drawing over 6,500 and the 10K over 2,000. The full marathon too saw close to 2,500, making it the year’s first big run.

Jyoti Gawate claimed the honours in the women’s full marathon. Her 3:01.20 was, however, not good enough to earn her a berth for either of the mega-events this year. Nupur Singh (3:16.03) and Disket Dolma (3:22.06) grabbed the other two places on the podium.

Rupan Debnath (Half-Marathon, Men; 1:12.02), Tashi Ladol (Half-Marathon, Women; 1:27.48); Abhishek Choudhary (10K, Men, 0:32.03) and Ashvini Jadhav (10K, Women 0:39.22) were the other key winners.

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