The Paradip Port Trust on Sunday organised the ‘Paradip Marathon 2016’ on the eve of the port’s foundation day.
The marathon flagged off at the Mahanadi confluence point by PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy covered 12 km and concluded at the Gopabandhu Stadium.
Captain Purty won the first prize in the men category by completing the distance in just 40 minutes and 25.9 seconds. Yogendra Tiriya and Jaysen Raita got the second and the third prize by covering the distance in 40 minutes and 56.9 seconds and 41minutes and 56.5 seconds, respectively.
In the women category, Sukumati laguri emerged first by covering the 12-km distance in 45minutes and 41.2 seconds and Samsad Ara Begum got the second prize reaching the destination point in 47 minutes and 25.4 seconds. Sobha Nayak stood third completing the distance in 48 minutes and 44.2 seconds. The winners along with other runners up to top 21 positions in both men and women categories were awarded cash prizes.
Dibya Sandle, a sports trainee, was also felicitated for winning gold medal in the Odisha State Athletic Meet held in December 2015 and setting a new record in hammer throw by covering a distance of 36.21 meters and breaking the previous record of 34.40 meters.
PPT Chairman Roy, Deputy Chairman N Vaiyapuri and other Heads of the Departments gave away the prizes at the valedictory function held at the Gopabandhu Stadium. By the end of October 2015, 74 HIV infected persons have died, reports said.