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Over 25,000 runners participated successful the 13th variation of the Coimbatore Marathon that was organised by the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation (CCF) connected Sunday to rise consciousness connected crab and enactment the activities of the CCF.
The marathon was flagged disconnected connected Park Gate Road by Coimbatore Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar, Inspector General successful Border Security Force (BSF) V. Balakrishnan, and Coimbatore City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar.
Mr. Giriyappanavar said events similar this harvester fittingness with a assemblage cause. “Every stride reflects the city’s committedness to health, unity, and well-being. Having personally participated successful this marathon for the past 2 years, I person seen citizens from each walks of beingness travel together. We can, together, marque Coimbatore a exemplary for fittingness and corporate well-being,” helium said.
T. Balaji, Managing Trustee of the CCF, said, “The marathon this twelvemonth saw grounds participation. The enactment from participants and the assemblage demonstrates the shared committedness towards wellness and crab awareness.”
The marathon was held crossed 4 categories — 21.1 km run, 10 km run, 5 km run, and 5 km locomotion — and recorded 25,116 participants, of whom 19,455 were men and 5,661 were women; the people included hydration points, aesculapian facilities, ambulances, way markers, and marshals, and physics timing chips were utilized to way the runners’ times.
The full prize wealth was ₹3.85 lakh. Winners of the 21.1 km class received ₹60,000, ₹35,000, and ₹25,000. The 10 km class awarded ₹35,000, ₹25,000, and ₹12,500.
