Kochi Marathon 2023: Jyoti Gawate, Arjun Pradhan to lead elite pack
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ational champion Jyoti Gawate and Arjun Pradhan will lead the women's and men's elite field respectively in the Kochi Marathon 2023 to be held on Monday.
The Kochi marathon will flag off from Maharaja's College Ground and will take place in four categories of Marathon (42.195km), Half Marathon (21.097km), 10km Run and 3km Green Run. Over 6000 runners from 20 states have registered for the marathon across India.
Among the top runners in the women's elite category is Jyoti Gawate who won New Delhi Marathon by completing the marathon distance in 025304 her personal best is 24548 while her best in the 25 kilometres is 13535. Jyoti will fight for the top honours along with Ashvini Jadhav who has a best of 30054 Ashvini's best in 10 km is 4034.
Arpita Saini whose personal best for the marathon is 31420 will also compete in the women's elite category. Arpita Saini has the personal best of 12000 in the half marathon while her best in the 10 km mark is 3736
In the men's elite category, the field will be led by Arjun Pradhan who has his personal best timing at 22006 his personal best for the half marathon is 10530.
Arjun will be challenged by the likes of Anil Kumar Yadav whose best time was at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K run 11957 another participant in the marathon elite men's category is Vipul Kumar who has a personal best of 023306 whereas Neeraj Kumar Maurya with his best half marathon timing of 10801 is also in the fray.
There are two other prominent runners for the half marathon, including Amarjeet Singh Chawla, who is visually impaired and has successfully completed 146 half marathons and 229 runs. Lata Alimchandani who is the first Indian woman over 60 to complete the world marathon majors will also take part in the half marathon.
The runners of these races will compete for a total prize money pool of Rs 10 lakh.
✔️ Kochi Marathon 2023: Jyoti Gawate, Arjun Pradhan to lead elite pack
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