Ethopian wins Chandigarh Marathon

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by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, JAN 31
Mashresha from Ethopia displayed better stamina and staying power as he emerged winner in the first Chandigarh Marathon organized by the Chandigarh Administration here today. The Ethopian covered the ‘uncertified’ full marathon distance in 2::14:51. Kenyan runner Ronald covered the grueling distance in 2::17:16 and obtained the runner-up position. Ashish Chauhan of India finished third in 2::17:36.
In the Half Marathon, Boniface Wambua of Kenya hogged the limelight with an impressive timing of 1::02:04.
Ethopian Tesafeye had to remained himself satisfied for the second position in a tough competition by clocking 1::03:17. Indian Parmod Kumar followed closely behind Tesafeye with a timing of 1::04:49,
‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh flagged off the Full Marathon from Rock Gardens.
As many as 100 participants took part in the Full Marathon. Home Secretary Ram Niwas flagged off the half marathon in which there were 305 participants.
The 5 km Dream Run was the center of attraction as more than 3000 runners took part. Adviser to the UT Administrator, Pradip Mehra flagged off the race. Chandigarh Finance-cum-Secretary Sports Sanjay Kumar, Bollywood actress Poonam Dhillon and Jaspal Bhatti were among those who were present on the occasion.
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal distributed the prizes.
Strangely there was no separate category for women marathon runners.
Full marathon: 1 Masresha (Ethiopia) 2::14:51, 2 Ronald (Kenya) 2::17:16, 3 Ashish Chauhan (India) 2::17:36, 4 Anteneh (Ethiopia) 2::19:21,5 Lakshmana Das (India) 2::20:16, 6 Fred (Kenya) 2::20:30, 7 SB Singh (India) 2::20:33, 8 Mekashaw (Ethiopia) 2::20:33, 9 Daniel Chirchir (Kenya) 2::24:05,10 Harun (India) 2::26:26.
Half Marathon: 1 Boniface Wambua (Kenya) 1::02:04, 2 Tesafeye (Ehiopia) 1::03:17, 3 Parmod Kumar (India) 1::04:49, 4 Sanjay Singh (India) 1::04:56, 5 S Narendra (India) 1::05:29, 6 Govind Singh (India) 1::05:58, 7 Hyle Giyorgis (Ethiopia) 1::06:26, 8 Naresh Kumar (India) 1::06:48, 9 Ashok Kumar (India) 1::07:07,10 Tilak Ram (India) 1::07:45.