John Abraham, Kalki Koechlin are among those who run for Mumbai.
Several Bollywood celebrities took part in the 12th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 18.
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, to be run on January 20 next year, would be held under the banner of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Several stars participated as well as cheered in the Mumbai Marathon.
Lalita Babar completed a hat-trick of wins among the Indian women and set a new course record, while Pune-based Army Sports Institute's Karan Singh was the best finisher among the Indian men in the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Mumbai Marathon winners, Binning Lyngkhoi and Lalita Babbar, will represent India in the men's and women's section of the 14th Asian Marathon Championship to be held in Hong Kong (China) on February 24.
Uganda's Jackson Kiprop won the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, setting a new course record of 2 hours, 09 minutes, 54 seconds. Running his first marathon, the 26-year-old eclipsed the course record of 2:09:54 seconds, set by Girma Assefa of Ethiopia two years ago.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie has been named brand ambassador of the US $3,50,000 tenth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, on January 20.
With the Athletics Federation of India cold shouldering the eighth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 16 next year, international athletics body AFI's representative would ratify the results, it was learnt.
African athletes are expected to continue their dominance with runners from Kenya and Ethiopia likely to battle it out for top honours from among 2475 participants at the 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Binning Lyngkhoi was the best Indian finisher among men while Lalita Babar successfully defended her title in the women's section in the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai.
Photos of the Mumbai Marathon.
Fauja Singh, the world's oldest runner at 101 years of age, is participating in the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday in what could be his first and last appearance in the city. Singh, who lives in London, will run the 4.3 km event for senior citizens.
Lowering the course record is not on defending men's champion Laban Moiben mind as he goes into the 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday. He is focusing on only retaining the crown in the US $350,000 event.
Defending men's champion Laban Moiben of Kenya, last year's runner-up Raji Assefa of Ethiopia and third-placed John Kyui of Kenya have all confirmed to run in the US $3,50,000 10th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, on January 20.
Ahead of the Mumbai Marathon, visually-impaired marathoner Henry Wanyoike shares running tips and the secrets of becoming a champion.
African domination continued at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon as Kenya's Laban Moiben and Ethiopian Netsanet Abeyo bagged the top honours in men's and women's categories in the ninth edition in Mumbai.
Completing a marathon below two hours and 10 minutes is considered an arduous task, but Kenyan athlete William Kipsang is determined to do just that at the ninth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Two-time champion and Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist John Kelai of Kenya will be the cynosure of all eyes in the upcoming Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, to be held on January 16. Kelai, who triumphed in the men's event in 2007 and 2008, is expected to face stiff competition from 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze winner Tesfaye Tola of Ethiopia, Oleg Kulkov of Russia besides compatriots Kiprono Just Kipchirchir and Evans Rutto.
The prize-money for the eight edition of th eevent, which has retained IAAF Gold-label status, has been increased by US $15,000 and will be US $3,25,000.
Maria Polyzou, the Greek national marathon champion and vice-president of SEGAS, who brought the prestigious Marathon Flame to the city, was excited about her journey to the city.
Kenya's Laban Moiben and Ethiopian Netsanet Abeyo bagged the top honours in contrasting fashion in the men's and women's categories at the 9th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday even as India's Ram Singh Yadav qualified for the London Olympics.
After missing the bus for the Beijing Olympics by three seconds, long distance runner Ram Singh Yadav achieved the qualifying mark set for this year's London Games by dipping more than a minute under the B standard in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Bikash Mohapatra chats up with Australian athletics legend Cathy Freeman, event ambassador for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Loss of sight after suffering a paralytic stroke more than a decade ago has not dimmed the enthusiasm of Kenyan long distance runner Henry Wanyoike. In fact, he has overcome enormous odds to live an athletics dream. 'I lost my sight, but not my vision. I have achieved without sight what I dreamt when I could see,' said the visually impaired Wanyoike, ahead of his participation in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon this Sunday.
The city on Sunday became the first-ever destination, outside Europe and the United States, to host the "Marathon Flame" in the lead up to the seventh Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 17.
For the first time since its inception eight years ago, the US $325,000 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon will be run on January 16 without the blessings of the Athletics Federation of India. 'They have been invited but there's what I will call a lack of response. But the marathon has the gold label status from the IAAF (international athletics body),' said race director Hugh Jones at a media conference in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Images from the Mumbai Marathon, held on Sunday.
African runners are expected to steal the show in Sunday's $310,000 prize money 7th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Daniel O'Brien, regarded as the greatest decathlete of the 1990s, says the marathon is similar to the decathlon when one completes it. 'It is a great feeling of accomplishment.'
Kenya's Denis Ndiso and Ethiopia's Bizunesh Mohammed won the men's and women's titles respectively in the $310,000 seventh Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Women marathon runners are likely to set a new course best in Sunday's Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, according to Elite Athlete co-ordinator Ian Ladbrooke. 'We have a strong field and I am very optimistic of a new record in the women's race by a big margin,' said Ladbrooke in Mumbai on Thursday, ahead of the US $310,000 prize-money run.
Ethiopia's Gashaw Melese was second and countryman Tariku Jufar third.
The fifth Mumbai Marathon has enhanced its prize money to USD 2.4 lakh and has attracted 40 of the world's top 100 marathoners.
The sixth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, carrying a prize fund of US $250,000, will be held on January 18, 2009. Registration for the annual run opens on July 10.
The star batsman and his wife Anjali would take part in the 'Dream Run'.
The second edition of the event will be held on January 16.
Mumbai Marathon race director Hugh Jones said the only thing the runners might have to worry about would be the weather of the city.
'Make Trade Fair', an international movement to prevent exploitation of artisans and farmers in underdeveloped countries, announced their participation in the Mumbai Marathon.
Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes would visit India for the January 21 Mumbai Marathon.
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