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Chandigarh 24th
September:- The First
International Chandigarh Marathon,is being organized by ‘Sports 13’ in
association with Chandigarh Administration, Sports Department Chandigarh,
Athletic Federation of India, and Chandigarh Athletic Association. The marathon
will take place on 10th December, 2017 (International Human Rights
Day) at the Capitol Complex, Chandigarh from 6 am onwards.
Announcing
the mega event at a press conference held today at the UT Guest House, Jatinder
Yadav, Director Tourism, UT Chandigarh, said that we are expecting a
participation of over 15,000 fitness and sports enthusiasts from the tricity
and the region. Athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia and Japan are
likely to join us in this grand initiative.
There will
be separate categories for Indian and International men and women, besides the
veteran male and female categories for 40 plus and 60 plus age groups and few
other groups. There will be a Special Run for School Children – School Cool Run
– 3 Km with a theme of “A campaign against child assault”; and a Special Run
for Females–Femithon-5 km, with a theme of “Women lets stand up for our
rights”. A Divyang wheelchair Run will also be held & entry will be free
for same. The route measurement shall be certified by AIMS.
Asian Gold
Medalist and ace marathoner, Dr Sunita Godara, said that this is a great
opportunity for the marathon enthusiasts of the tricity.
Yadvinder
Singh, former National Athlete and Director ‘Sports-13’, said that we may be
smaller in size when it comes to Delhi Airtel marathon and Bombay Standard
Chartered Marathon, or Bangalore 10k but way too different when compared
with any marathon in Punjab or the entire North India except Delhi.
It was
informed that a 3-day Marathon Expo will take place prior to the main
event at Leisure Valley, Sector 10,Chandigarh on 7-8
December between 11 am to 8 pm for local participants and
on 9 December for the outstation candidates. A 2-day special Marathon
Clinic will also be organized by Asian Gold Medalist Dr Sunita Godara.
The
participants will get goodie bags, marathon T-shirts, healthy refreshment,
water and a route map. There will be medals for all competitive runners and online
certificates will be provided for all the participants. Arrangements for public
utilities, CCTV cameras, kid zone, baggage counter, and cool zone shall be
made. Other attractions include a live band performance, health talkies,
eatable stalls, selfie counter.
Kiranjot
Kaur, CEO, Sports -13, said that we have tied up with Book My Show, Pay TM,
Insider.in and Town script for online registration. The volunteers from
‘Sports-13’ will make the registration process easy by approaching different
schools, colleges, universities, corporates, markets, gyms, parlours, shopping
complexes and clubs etc.
First time
real and reel Milkha will be running together i.e. Flying Sikh Milkha Singh and
the Junior Milkha Japtej Singh, while TV personality Mandira Bedi is slated to
be the Face of the Marathon. Other celebrities, who are likely to
participate, include Gurdas Maan, Vanya Mishra, Farhan Akhtar, Gippy Grewal and
Satinder Satti. A pre-Marathon will be held in the month of November in
tricity. For more information, please visit www.chandigarhmarathon.com
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