(from left) Hagos Eyob, Peter Mwaniki, and Hillary Chepkwony the prime three elite males’s finishers of the tcs world 10ok Bengaluru run on April 28, 2024.
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Kenyan runners Peter Mwaniki (28:15) and Lilian Kasait (30:56) cruised to the worldwide elite males’s and ladies’s titles respectively in the 16th version of the Tata Consultancy Services World 10Ok Bengaluru right here on Sunday.
Mwaniki shifted gears at the 7.5 km mark to go away his countryman Hillary Chepkwony (28:33) behind. It was the same story for Lilian, who pulled away from the nearest rival Emmaculate Achol (31:17) at the 7.1 km mark.
Mwaniki and Lilian couldn’t break the occasion information (males: 27:38, ladies: 30:35) on this new route, which was praised by most runners. However, the end line – stationed alongside a cordoned-off stretch on Cubbon Road – lacked buzz.
This was in distinction to earlier editions, the place the grand end on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium operating observe was witnessed by huge crowds of cheering runners and onlookers.
On Sunday, Mwaniki, Lilian and different medalists had solely the photographers and a couple of occasion officers to share their pleasure with once they accomplished the run.
Setback
Lilian needed to overcome a setback alongside the method. Near Ulsoor Lake, she almost ran into the timing automobile, which seemingly made a incorrect flip. “The car turned, so I thought it was a turning point and followed the car. But the officials on the motorbike told me to proceed (forward). So, I followed my colleague Emmaculate,” Lilian mentioned.
Emmaculate, who vomited after ending the run, needed to be taken to the hospital. She was discharged a couple of hours later, organisers mentioned.
Mwaniki defined that the course report may have been damaged if the pacemaker had stayed longer. “We expected that the pacemaker would run five kilometres. But he dropped out at two kilometres. If the pacemaker had stayed for five km, it may have been possible to break the course record,” Mwaniki mentioned.
Memorable day
It was a memorable day for Kiran Matre, who broke the occasion report for Indian males’s elite athletes. Matre’s 29:32 bettered the earlier milestone of 29:49 set by Suresh Kumar in 2015.
Sanjivani.
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SUDHAKARA JAIN
Sanjivani (34:03) continued her spectacular run in this occasion. This is the third consecutive time that Sanjivani (34:03) has completed on prime of the Indian ladies’s elite subject.
Mwaniki and Kasait took dwelling $26,000 every. Matre and Sanjivani earned ₹2,75,000 every. Matre additionally secured a bonus of ₹1,00,000 for breaking the occasion report.
The outcomes (prime three): Elite males: 1. Peter Mwaniki (Ken) 28:15, 2. Hillary Chepkwony (Ken) 28:33, 3. Hagos Eyob (Eth) 28:39; Best Indian elite males: 1. Kiran Matre 29:32, 2. Ranjeet Patel 29:35, 3. Dharmendra 29:45.
Elite ladies: 1. Lilian Kasait (Ken) 30:56; 2. Emmaculate Achol (Ken) 31:17; 3. Lemlem Hailu (Eth) 31:23.
Best Indian elite ladies: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav 34:03; 2. Lilli Das 34:13, 3. Preenu Yadav, 34:24.