Kenya’s Olympic champion Kipchoge wins Delhi Half Marathon

Kenya’s Olympic champion Kipchoge wins Delhi Half Marathon .  Reigning Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya won the men’s race of Delhi Half Marathon in a fast time while Worknesh Degefa from Ethiopia clinched the women’s title on November 20, 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Both the winners will get USD 27,000 for their victories.  Kipchoge taken 59 minute

and 44 seconds to cover the 21.097km distance and win the race ahead of Ethiopia’s Yigrem Demelash.

Indian Participants :

♦ Indian men winners : G Lakshmanan(1h and 4 m) followed by Mohd. Yunus  and Man Singh

♦ Indian women winners: Monika Athare(1h and 15 m) followed by Sanjeevani Jadhav and Swati Gadhave .