Tata Steel on Sunday organised the Tata Steel Jamshedpur Run-a-thon 2017 in which more than 6000 runners participated, registered across the 3 categories of races with over 800 runners from outside Jamshedpur. The event started from the Archery Ground, JRD Tata Sports Complex.
The 10-km and 7-km runs were open to all, while the 5-km run was for under-16 boys and girls. The 10-km race is the internationally approved distance for road races by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Tata Steel dignitaries present at the event were T V Narendran, CEO & MD, Anand Sen, President, TQM and Steel Business, Sunil Bhaskaran, vice president, corporate services, Sudhanshu Pathak, vice president, steel manufacturing, Suresh Dutt Tripathi, vice president, human resources management, Avneesh Gupta, vice president, shared services, Ravi Radha Krishnan, chief aviation & sports, Ashish Kumar, head, sports, and R Ravi Prasad, president, Tata Workers' Union.
The winner of the 10-km (male) finished the race in 31 mins 29 secs whereas the winner of 10-km (female) finished the race in 35 mins 29 secs. The 7-km (male) winner finished the race in 22 mins 14 secs whereas the winner of 7-km (female) finished the race in 26 mins 41 secs. The 5 km (male) and 5-km (female) winners finished the race in 16 mins 5 secs and 18 mins 54 secs respectively.