Chandigarh: The oldest marathon runner in the world, Britain-based Fauja Singh, has ended on a high at the age of 101 years - but that is not the end of the road for him. Not yet. As the Indian-origin athlete completed the 26-mile London Marathon on Sunday in a record time of seven hours and 49 minutes, he announced this would be his last race. But he says the London...
05:08 PM, Apr 23, 2012
The Guiness Book of World Records has refused to list the 101-year-old as the oldest marathon runner as he does not have a birth certificate to prove his age. ...
10:10 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Mumbai: Ashok Patil, a tea vendor at Mumbais Crawford Market area had a special visitor to his stall yesterday. A visitor called Jean-Benot Jaouen, who like Patil, participated in the Mumbai Marathon last January albeit in different categories. Frenchman Jaouen presented Patil Rs 9000 " half his prize money earnings " after reading his story in January 14, 2012 edition of MiD DAY in an article headlined: VENDOR SWAPS TEA...
12:19 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Mumbai: India's veteran marathoner, Hawaldar Ram Singh Yadav was truly a man on a mission in Mumbai on Sunday. After almost a year of meticulous planning that culminated in an almost 'top-secret' movement of location 48 hours before the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, he finally got his hands on to something that eluded him four years ago at this very venue. Ram Singh finished the Mumbai marathon in 2 hours,...
12:22 PM, Jan 16, 2012
A record 38,700 people participated in the annual Mumbai Marathon on Sunday and as always the Kenyans and Ethiopians ran away with the medals. Laban Moiben of Kenya won the men's title while Netsa-net Abeyo of Ethiopia won in the women's categoray. India's Ram Singh Yadav's performance has helped him qualify for the London Olympics. Corporates and bollywood actors like Rahul Bose and Ashmit Patel also participated. ...
01:56 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Mumbai: The six-km-long Dream Run event of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 Sunday saw over 22,000 people participating along with many Bollywood celebrities and television actors. "This is the first time I am participating in the Mumbai Marathon and I feel great," said actor Anil Kapoor who also supported senior citizens who participated in the 4.3 km event earlier. Many others, including Shabana Zami, Perizaad Zorabian, Tanvi Azmi, Ronit...
01:53 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Mumbai: Kenya's Laban Moiben on Sunday bagged the winner's title in the 42 km men's category at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 while Ethiopia's Netsanet Abeyo emerged on top in the women's category. A close second in the men's title was Raji Assefa of Ethiopia. The third position was bagged by another Kenyan, John Kyui. For Abeyo, the winner in the women's title, this was her third marathon title....
01:10 PM, Jan 15, 2012
This year too will see many strong contenders from the marathon-favourites Kenya and Ethiopia. ...
09:09 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Mumbai: Over 39,000 people early Sunday kicked off the ninth edition of Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in south Mumbai. Star participants like model-actor Milind Soman who runs the full marathon every year and business tycoon Anil Ambani who participates in the half marathon this year were seen in full energy as they started off at the coveted run. "It gives me a great...
08:54 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Mumbai: With every Mumbai marathon, now a fixture on the city's calendar and in its ninth year running (pun intended) come new twists and turns, some transformations and tweaks as each race year is a learning experience, both for organizers and runners. One remembers nine years ago, the marathon was held in February where Mumbai's merciless heat saw runners wilting away before they could reach the finish line. Then, through...
01:32 PM, Jan 11, 2012
HYDERABAD: Despite assurances from the organisers of 10 K Run, Sport 18, to keep the event environment-friendly, the health run was far from it. People's plaza, from where the run began, was a mess by the end of the event. About a 100 GHMC workers worked on the whole of Sunday to clean up the 10 kms track, according to social scientist WG Prasanna Kumar, AP Pollution Control Board. In...
08:55 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Major DP Singh, who had to get his leg amputated after an injury in the Kargil war has come out stronger despite the tragedy. He has been taking part in Delhi's half marathon every year, becoming an inspiration to all war veterans. Every marathon that Major DP Singh has run has helped improve his timing. Since his debut at the Delhi half marathon where he took 3 hours...
10:01 AM, Nov 28, 2011
HYDERABAD: About 400 pro-Telangana students and sports lovers, wearing Tshirts and holding placards and banners, participated in a 10K Run here on Sunday. Though they did did not resort to any protest or shout slogans, the participants, affiliated to two little known organisations, carried banners, one of which read: "Every kilometre I run represents one district of my motherland." The Telangana students claimed that they had took permission from the...
09:00 AM, Nov 28, 2011
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