Mumbai
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.
Dheeraj Yadav strove hard to bridge the gap but had to be content with the second position, finishing less than half a minute behind the winner in 1:12.41. Anant Gaonkar completed the podium line-up in third place in 1:14.03.
In the men’s 10 km, Bhavishya Kaushik took the top honours with a decent time of 31.11 mins. Akshay Kumar took the silver in 32.10 mins and Atul Barde the bronze in 32.33 mins. The women’s 10 km was won by Sonali Desai in 39.56 mins while Sakshi Bhandari breezed in second in 42.20 mins and Padma Karande third in 42.57 mins. This year’s race theme, Run Ageless, Run Fearless was chosen to inspire participants to shed their inhibitions about their age and ability, and fire them up to run and give it their best shot.
Box: Results
Men:
Half marathon (21.1k): 1. Chhagan Bombale 1:12.14 2. Dheeraj Yadav 1:12.41 3. Anant Gaonkar 1:14.03.
10 km: 1. Bhavishya Kaushik 31.11 2. Akshay Kumar 32.10 3. Atul Barde 32.33.
Women:
Half marathon (21.1k): 1. Bharti 1:19.19 2. Prajakta Godbole 1:21.08 3. Prajakta Shinde 1:21.27.
10 km: 1. Sonali Desai 39.56 mins 2. Sakshi Bhandari 42.20 3. Padma Karande 42.57.
