Mumbai, Aug 20 (Ians) Chhagan Bombale from Hingoli district in Maharashtra retained the men’s half-marathon title in the 7th edition of the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon for the second year in succession.
The 22-year-old third-year BA student completed the 21 km distance in a time of 1:12.14, an improvement of over four minutes over his winning effort in the 2022 edition.
The women’s half marathon (21.1k) was comfortably won by 25-year-old Bharti from Sonepat, Haryana, who breasted the tape in a creditable 1:19.19 after taking the lead at the halfway stage. Finishing nearly two minutes behind was Prajakta Godbole in 1:21.08 while Prajakta Shinde trooped in third in 1:21.27.
Bombale, who was running well within himself in the initial stages, surged ahead at the 10 km mark and built up a comfortable lead over the chasing pack.
Dheeraj Yadav strove hard to bridge the gap but had to be content with the second position,...
The 22-year-old third-year BA student completed the 21 km distance in a time of 1:12.14, an improvement of over four minutes over his winning effort in the 2022 edition.
The women’s half marathon (21.1k) was comfortably won by 25-year-old Bharti from Sonepat, Haryana, who breasted the tape in a creditable 1:19.19 after taking the lead at the halfway stage. Finishing nearly two minutes behind was Prajakta Godbole in 1:21.08 while Prajakta Shinde trooped in third in 1:21.27.
Bombale, who was running well within himself in the initial stages, surged ahead at the 10 km mark and built up a comfortable lead over the chasing pack.
Dheeraj Yadav strove hard to bridge the gap but had to be content with the second position,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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