Images: Airtel Delhi Half Marathon sees a few celebrities and a lot of champions

aa [caption id=“attachment_1288135” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Ethiopian Atsedu Tsegay demolished the course record to emerge triumphant in the elite men’s category, while Florence Kiplagat led a Kenyan clean sweep in the women’s event of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here today.
Naresh Sharma[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1288141” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  He was followed home by Kenyans Geoffrey Kipsang in 59.30 and Wilson Kiprop (59.49). Kipsang, the fastest athlete of the year (58.54) was coping with the loss of his 17-year-old brother Elais, who passed away on Friday and overcame his grief to run a brave race, but was thwarted in his bid to win the race by Tsegay.
Naresh Sharma[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1288143” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  As usual the race witnessed the participation of a large number of enthusiasts and celebrities, among them Anil Ambani, N Chandrasekharan (CEO & MD, TCS), and actor Rahul Bose.
Naresh Sharma[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1288145” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A host of dignitaries including event ambassador Donovan Bailey, besides Bipasha Basu, Gulshan Grover, Rakesh Mittal (Vice Chiarman and MD, Bharti Enterprises Ltd.), Ajay Puri (Director Market Operations, Bharti Airtel), were present to cheer on the participants.
Naresh Sharma[/caption]     aa [caption id=“attachment_1288147” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A total of 31,000 plus runners participated in the event, which offered a total prize money of USD 210,000.
Naresh Sharma[/caption] aa [caption id=“attachment_1288149” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The Indian category was won by G Lakshmanan and Preeja Sreedharan among the men and women respectively. Lakshmanan, representing the Army, finished in 64.44, followed home by Kheta Ram in 64.49 and Ratti Ram Saini in 64.51.
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