Yegon, Gladys victorious

 Kenya’s and Daniel Yegon and Gladys Tarus emerged victorious in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the seventh edition of the Bengaluru Midnight Marathon

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In a closely-fought men’s race, Yegon powered his way to the gold with a timing of two hours 11 minutes and 52 seconds. Ethiopia’s Ebesa Merga Ejgu came second with a timing of 2 hours and 15 minutes while Daniel crossed the line in third spot after clocking 2:27.00.

In the women’s category, Gladys completed a fine victory. She came home in 2:59.44 while Ethiopia’s Chaltu Niguse Shiferaw took second place with Lorna Chenangat of Kenya signed off third. Tripurari Singh of MEG & Centre, Bangalore, won the Indian section full marathon with a timing of 2 hours 25 minutes and 35 seconds with PC Poovanna, also from MEG, bagging silver (2:37.21). Pune’s Vishal Shilimkar was third.
Sudha Mani bagged the top honours in the women’s marathon (Indian category), ahead of runner-up Bhagwati.

DH News Service

Results:
Full marathon: Men (Open): Daniel Yegon (Kenya) 1; Ebesa Merga Ejgu (Ethiopia) 2; Getahun Tilahun (Ethiopia) 3.
Men (Indian): Tripurari Singh (MEG) 1; PC Poovanna (MEG) 2; Vishal Shilimkar (Pune) 3.
Women: Gladys Tarus (Kenya) 1; Chaltu Niguse Shiferaw (Ethiopia) 2; Lorna Chenangat (Kenya) 3.
Women (Indian): Sudha Mani (Tamil Nadu) 1; Bhagwati (Karnataka) 2.
Half-marathon: Men’s (Open): David Kiprotich (Kenya) 1; Fikresedassie Haile (Ethiopia) 2; Solomon Moges (Ethiopia) 3.
Men, Indian:
Santhosh (MEG) 1; Sridhar Bajantri (MEG) 2; Manikandan S (MEG) 3.
Women: Shilpi Sahu 1; N Divya (Coimbatore) 2; Jenchocken (Bangalore) 3.
10k: Men, International: Alemayehu (Ethiopia) 1; Mudegeto (Ethiopia) 2; Dibaba Areda Hirpo 3.
Men, Indian: Immanuvel (MEG) 1; Jubin Shah RR (MEG) 2; Mohammed Athar Imam (MEG) 3.
Women: Tim Tim Sharma 1; Gracy A 2.
Schneider IT City Fun Run: Men: Vignesh Varan 1; Tej Rekhi 2; Manoj B 3.
Women:
Sowbhagya Shree 1; Vidya 2; Radikha 3.
Corporate relay: State Bank of India 1. - Winner
Community Relay (8-14 years): Phoenix Club 1; Windmills of your Mind 2; Prestige Ozone 3.
Community Relay (Open): Phoenix Club 1; Elite Sports 2; Prestige Shantiniketan 3.