Over 6,000 fitness enthusiasts participated in the fifth edition of the Jamshedpur Run-a-thon on Sunday. Tata Steel CEO and Managing Director TV Narendran also completed his 10 km run.
Senior superintendent of police Anoop Birtharay; city SP Prabhat Kumar; Tata Steel former managing director J.J. Irani also enthusiastically participated.
At the end of the marathon today, the 10 km men's category was won by Harmanjot Singh while the female category was won by Puja Mondal. In 7 km, Shrvan Kumar won the men's category and Vijay Laxmi won the female category. Seken Purty won the five km category in men's category while Itishree Mohanta won the female category.
The winner of the 10-km (male) finished the race in 32 mins 04 secs whereas the winner of 10-km (female) finished the race in 37 mins 54 secs. The 7-km (male) winner finished the race in 22 mins 57 secs whereas the winner of 7-km (female) finished the race in 26 mins 48 secs. The 5 km (male) and 5-km (female) winners finished the race in 17 mins 11 secs and 20 mins 50 secs respectively.
The 10-km and 7-km races were open to all (Indian Nationals only), 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).