Shankarbhan Thapa and Monika Chaudhary were declared winners of 21km run in men and women category respectively of Dehradun Marathon held in the city on Sunday. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat awarded the winners with the prize cheques of Rs 1 lakh and mementos after the event ended at police lines.
In the 21 km marathon run (male), Shankarbhan Thapa from Gorkha Training Centre, Hyderabad, secured the first position while Anil Kumar from Baliya was the runner -up and Hari Singh stood third.
In the women category, Monika Chaudhary from lucknow secured the first position while Amandeep Kaur from ludhiyana was the runner- up and Arpit Saini from Muzaffarnagar stood third.
In the 7km open marathon run (male), Mukesh Rawat of Uttarakhand police secured the first position while Pankaj from Paonta Saheb was the runner- up and Mohan Singh from Kashipur finished third.
In the 7 km open marathon run in women category, Neha from Ghaziabad secured the first position while Neha Panwar was the runner-up and Jayanti Thapliyal from Delhi finished third.
In the 7 km run (45+ category male), Rajkumar from lBSNAA, Mussoorie secured the fist position while Jitendra Gupta from Neshvila Road was the runner up and Manoj Kumar got the third position.
In the 7km women veteran category, Vijya Chaudhary from Uttarakhand police secured the fist position while Shashi Badola was the runner up and Dr Alaknanda Ashok finished third.
In the 7km under 18 (male), Subham Rana from Sports College was declared the winner while Pawan Kumar and Anu kumar secured second and third positions respectively.
In the 7km under 18 (female), Parvati from Khatima secured the first position while Priyanka and Sultana finished second and third respectively.
In 21 km run, veteran Dinesh Kumar, Jagdish Rana and lal Singh were declared the winners, securing first, second and third positions respectively. Mention worthy, IPS P Renuka Devi completed 21 km run during the Marathon.