PANAJI
Petra Pastorova of the Czech Republic and Nilesh Kulaye of Ratnagiri won the 42km full marathon at the 15th SKF Goa River Marathon on Sunday.
Petra, a six-time national marathon champion in the Czech Republic, clocked 3:04:29 hrs, and Nilesh timed an impressive 2:48:52 hrs for the distance.
Close to 6,000 runners, with 28 per cent women, participated in this edition of the race, which had the theme of world peace. The 32km race, also known as the 20-miler, saw some intense competition with Sapna Patel of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh winning the women’s category, clocking 2:30:14 hrs, while Prathamesh Paramkar of Belgavi clocked a very quick 1:48:35 hrs for the first place.
The 32km race saw the most intense competition on Sunday, with seconds separating the top two male runners. Sachin Poojary of Udupi finished a strong second in 1:49:12 hrs. Hariram Maurya of Wasind, Maharashtra, was third in 2:04:44 hrs.
The half-marathon (21 kms) saw Rutuja Patil of Goa, who clocked 1:31:25 hrs, and Humen Senapati of North Lakhimpur in Assam, who clocked 1:11:05 hrs, win the category.
Finally, in the 10km race, Rohini Patil of Kolhapur (40:15 mins) and Aniket Shingare of Vasco (30:38 mins) took the top positions.
RACE RESULTS
10K “ Women: Rohini Patil (Maharashtra) 00:40:15; Farheen Firdose (Karnataka) 00:40:34; Nikita Marle (Maharashtra) 00:42:54; 10K “ Men: Aniket Santosh Shingare (Goa) 00:30:38; Pruthviraj Ramesh Kamble (Goa) 00:30:51; Mohit Kumar Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 00:30:56; Half Marathon (21.1 km) “ Women: Rutuja Patil (Goa) 1:31:25; Shreya Patil (Maharashtra) 1:34:08; Ghazi Tanna (Goa) 1:37:42; Half Marathon (21.1 km) “ Men: Humen Senapati (Assam) 1:11:05; Omkar Baikar (Maharashtra) 1:11:50; Harichandra Velip (Goa) 1:21:40; 20 Miler “ Men: Prathamesh Parmkar (Karnataka) 1:48:35; Sachin Poojary (Karnataka) 1:49:12; Hariram Maurya (Maharashtra) 2:04:44; 20 Miler “ Women: Sapna Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 2:30:14; Mehwish Hussain (Karnataka) 2:51:19; Chandrasmita Hazarika (Karnataka) 2:55:44; 42 km Full Marathon “ Men: Nilesh Kulaye (Maharashtra) 2:48:52; Nitin Tumbade (Maharashtra) 2:51:06; Vinayak Jambotkar (Karnataka) 2:51:16; 42 km Full Marathon “ Women: Petra Pastorova (Czech Republic) 3:04:29; Jasmitha Kodenkiri (Karnataka) 3:46:08; Sharmila Kadam (Maharashtra) 4:11:25.
