<p align="justify" class="title">Gopi Thonakal became the first India man to win Asian Marathon Championship after he achieved the feat in the 16th edition of the prestigious event, here today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gopi clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 48 seconds to clinch the gold.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Andrey Petrov of Uzbekistan bagged the silver with a timing of 2:15:51s while Byambalev Tseveenravdan of Mongolia won bronze by clocking 2:16:14s.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gopi, thus, became the first Indian man to win the title after the formation of separate Asian Marathon championships.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier Asha Agarwal won the women's title when it was part of the biennial Asian Track & Field Championships. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Gopi Thonakal became the first India man to win Asian Marathon Championship after he achieved the feat in the 16th edition of the prestigious event, here today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gopi clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 48 seconds to clinch the gold.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Andrey Petrov of Uzbekistan bagged the silver with a timing of 2:15:51s while Byambalev Tseveenravdan of Mongolia won bronze by clocking 2:16:14s.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Gopi, thus, became the first Indian man to win the title after the formation of separate Asian Marathon championships.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier Asha Agarwal won the women's title when it was part of the biennial Asian Track & Field Championships. </p>