1,500 participate in third edition of the cancer charity run
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A total of 1,500 runners took part in this third edition of the charity run held to support free cancer detection tests among women. Teddy, who is coached by Digamber Narvekar, a Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) coach, said that he was training hard to represent Goa in the 10,000 metres event in the next National Games.
Teddy was followed by Sanjay Gaude ( 1h 30m 35s) and Vinayak Gaonkar (1 hr 35m and 53s).
In the women's 21 km race, Rajashri Tarihal won the first place in 1h 40m 20s and Sunil Kumar won the 21 km in the defence category in 1h 24m 27s. The 10km men's open category race was won by Raghavendra Chuttidar in 37m 27s, Prashila Deikar won the women's 10km category in 47m 39s and Albin Mathew won the 10 km defence category in 35m 58s.
Sandeep Morajkar, a visually challenged runner from Calangute, creditably completed the 21km half marathon race, while about 700 runners took part in the 5 km run. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar gave away the prizes in the presence of Revenue minister Rohan Khaunte.
RESULTS
21km Run: Men Open Category - 1) Teddy Cardozo (1h 20m 56s), 2) Sanjay Gaude (1h 30m 35s), 3) Vinayak Gaonkar (1h 35m 53s); Women Open Category: 1) Rajashri Tarihal (1h 40m 20s), 2) Ankita Palekar (1h 44m 25s), 3) Samantha Chai (1h 53m 24s); Defence category: 1) Sunil Kumar (1h 24m 27s), 2) Rohit Sharma (1h 40m 12s), 3) Harsha Vardhan (1h 49m 45s); 10km Run Men Open category: 1) Raghavendra Chuttidar (37m 27s), 2) Mandar (42m 17s), 3) Devraj K (43m 46s); Women Open Category: 1) Prashila Deikar (47m 39s), 2) Anushka Silva Lobo (58m 45s), 3) Lisa Menezes (1h 00m 01s); Defence Category: 1) Albin Mathew (35m 58s), 2) Anandh Gonthini (37m 33s), 3) Rofikul Islam (38m 57s).
