Indian Runners Hope to Qualify for Asian Games Through Capital City Run

Top runners of the nation will probably be hoping to qualify for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou by the seventh version of the New Delhi Marathon to be held on February 26.

Organised beneath the aegis of the Athletics Federation of India and Fit India, the long-lasting run, licensed because the National Marathon, will begin and end on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The route will cowl key landmarks within the coronary heart of town, together with Humayun’s Tomb, Lodhi Garden and Khan Market.

Being an inclusive Run, the occasion can even see differently-abled individuals go the gap together with the remainder of the runners.

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Organised by NEB Sports, as many as 16,000 individuals will probably be competing within the reside occasion of the Apollo Tyres New Delhi Marathon, making it one of many largest sporting turnouts within the nation. In addition, over 50,000 others can even be working within the digital marathon from totally different components of the world over 5 days, beginning on February 21.

The runners will probably be collaborating throughout the 4 classes of Full Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10Okay and 5K.

About 25 vision-impaired athletes with information runners as a part of the Guide Runners India crew, led by completed worldwide para athletes Ankur Dhama (Arjuna Awardee) and Ramanjee (paralympic medalist), will probably be collaborating within the 10okay class.

Another crew of differently-abled individuals from The Challenging Ones, led by Kargil Veteran and Amputee Athlete Maj. DP Singh can even be collaborating on this version.

“We are comfortable to see the National Marathon receiving such response and are hoping that our athletes proceed to carry laurels to the nation. It can be heartening to see such an amazing response for the digital version of this occasion,” Adille Sumariwalla, President of the Athletics Federation of India, said.

“The response from the running community has been wonderful for the Apollo Tyres New Delhi Marathon. The Covid-19 pandemic had made it difficult to organise live sports events in the last couple of years. Now that they are being organised it is very encouraging to see the tremendous positivity and enthusiasm among runners, not only in Delhi but across the country. A huge number have already signed up for both the live and virtual events,” gushed Satish Sharma, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres Ltd.

Race Director Nagaraj Adiga talked about, “It is a privilege to be related to a reputed model like Apollo Tyres. With their assist, I’m assured that we are going to ship a world-class expertise to the individuals.”

Over 50 corporate teams and 200 running groups have signed up for this event. It is heartening to see corporates encouraging fitness among their team members.

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