The Tata Steel World 25K produced an exciting show as records were broken, winners demonstrated their supremacy, and Indian distance running continued to make advancements. The day was really won by Gulveer Singh and Seema of India, who both rewrote the course records in their respective elite categories. At the same time, Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda demonstrated his mastery of the distance in the international elite men’s race.

Overall International Men:

Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 1:11:49; Alphonce Felix Simbu (Tanzania) 1:11:56; Tebello Ramakongoana (Lesotho) 1:11:59; Collins Kipkorir (Kenya) 1:12:02; Gulveer Singh (India) 1:12: 06; Fikadu Liche (Ethiopia) 1:12:09; Wisley Yego (Kenya) 1:12:12; Haymanot Alew (Ethiopia) 1:14:35; Niguse Abera (Ethiopia) 1:14:38; Harmanjot Singh (India) 1:15:11.

Overall International Women:

Degitu Azimeraw (Ethiopia) 1:19:36; Sutume Asefa Kebede (Ethiopia) 1:20:28; Meselech Alemayehu (Ethiopia) 1:20:48; Kuftu Tahir (Ethiopia) 1:23:32; Demilew Zemenaw (Ethiopia) 1:23:34; Netsanet Tafere (Ethiopia) 1:23:56; Rediet Daniel (Ethiopia) 1:24:18; Aberash Minsewo (Ethiopia) 1:24:48; Ergat Heshe (Ethiopia) 1:24:59; Seema (India) 1:26:04.

Indian Men:

Gulveer Singh (India) 1:12:06 (New Event Record); Harmanjot Singh (India) 1:15:11; Sawan Barwal (India) 1:15:25; Kartik Karkera (India) 1:16:48; Abhishek Pal (India) 1:17:55; Hemant Singh (India) 1:18:53; Gaurav Mathur (India) 1:19:29; Puneet Yadav (India) 1:22:00; Shankar Swami (India) 1:24:00; Aneesh Chandel (India) 1:26:15.

Indian Women:

Seema (India) 1:26:04 (New Event Record); Sanjivani Jadhav (India) 1:30:34; Nirmaben Thakor (India) 1:32:02; Ujala (India) 1:32:49; Bhagirathi (India) 1:33:23; Aarti Pawara (India) 1:36:43; Phoolan Pal (India) 1:41:18.

Vijay Diwas Trophy:

Indian Navy 1 (Vinod Singh, Prakash Deshmukh, Nitesh Kumar Rathva) 4:00:40; Indian Army 1 (Saroj Kunwar, Shivam Singh, Sandeep Singh) 4:01:15; Indian Army 5 (Jeevan Singh, Anand Singh Rawat, Bheem Singh) 4:03:03.

Police Cup Winners:

Police Cup Men Team 13 (Krishnendu Mondal, Manas Das, Panchanan Datta) 0:37:11; Police Cup Men Team 27 (Prasanta Patra, Md Wazed Ali, Rabindranath Maity) 0:39:23; Police Cup Men Team 28 (Ekbul Saikh, Ardhendu Mallick, Kousik Mondal) 0:40:39.

Police Cup Women Team 14 (Moumita Khamrai, Tanushree Murmu, Puja Biswas) 0:56:39; Police Cup Women Team 11 (Shreya Nandy, Jannatun Khatun, Moumita Pramanick) 0:57:38; Police Cup Women Team 13 (Tusmita Roy, Beauty Roy, Jayashree Hansda) 1:01:32.

RUN In Costume:

SOLO-

1st Indrakshi Haldar

2nd Soumi Das

GROUP-

1st Run for pause

2nd GD Birla

Congratulations to the winners.

Priyanka Dutta