Mumbai: Rahul Kumar Pal and Jyoti Chauhan emerged champions in the men's and women's category, respectively, of the inaugural Mumbai Half Marathon held here on Sunday.
In the men's Half Marathon (21.1 kilometre), Rahul won the title with a timing of 1:04:28 while Kalidas Hirave was the runner-up clocking 1:04:31, followed by Damor Mohanbhai at 1:05:01. In the women's Half Marathon, Jyoti won the title clocking 1:28:25, while Seema was runner-up with a time of 1:29:32.
In the men's 10km run event, Parshuram Bhoi won the race with Dinesh Gurunath Mhatre claiming the second position and Amit Bhagwan Mali coming in third. In the women's 10km run, Aarti Survase secured the top spot, followed by Priyanka Navkudkar and Arpita Nagraja.
legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar flagged off all the three races, cheering on the participants.