<p>Anish Thapa of Services and Maharashtra’s Jyoti Gawate emerged men’s and women’s champions respectively in the Bengaluru Marathon here on Sunday.</p>.<p>Thapa, who had earlier won the New Delhi marathon, stopped the clock at 2.18:06 seconds to win the title, while Services’ Akshay Saini (2.25:04) and Kuldeep Singh of UP (2.26:38) finished second and third.</p>.Bengaluru Metro's Purple Line to be fully operational from today.<p>Gawate (3:08:53), on the other hand, had to ward off a stiff fight from her state mate Ashvini Jadhav (3:09:00) to take the women’s title.</p>.<p>Maharashtra’s Prachi Godbole ended up in the third position with a timing of 4.13:17.</p>.<p>Vaibhav Patil won the men’s half-marathon clocking 1.11:50, while Bijoya Barman took the honours in the women’s section with a time of 1.34:39.</p>
<p>Anish Thapa of Services and Maharashtra’s Jyoti Gawate emerged men’s and women’s champions respectively in the Bengaluru Marathon here on Sunday.</p>.<p>Thapa, who had earlier won the New Delhi marathon, stopped the clock at 2.18:06 seconds to win the title, while Services’ Akshay Saini (2.25:04) and Kuldeep Singh of UP (2.26:38) finished second and third.</p>.Bengaluru Metro's Purple Line to be fully operational from today.<p>Gawate (3:08:53), on the other hand, had to ward off a stiff fight from her state mate Ashvini Jadhav (3:09:00) to take the women’s title.</p>.<p>Maharashtra’s Prachi Godbole ended up in the third position with a timing of 4.13:17.</p>.<p>Vaibhav Patil won the men’s half-marathon clocking 1.11:50, while Bijoya Barman took the honours in the women’s section with a time of 1.34:39.</p>