CHENNAI: The Terry Fox Run for cancer research is set to be held in the city for the third time on August 21. The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras and the Rotary Club will support the marathon of hope this year too. Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete whose one leg had to be amputated because of bone cancer. [...]
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This is a guest post by K.T.Sundar Rao, an international veteran athlete from Visakhapatnam, on his disappointing Chennai Marathon 2010 experience. Of all the athletic events, marathon run is the most fascinating to watch because of the enduring nature of the sport requiring the runners to complete a distance of 42kms approx. People cheer and [...]
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Augustine Rono of Kenya won the 8th edition of the Chennai Marathon in 2:14:45, organized by SDAT, a remarkable time considering the hot and humid Chennai conditions. The margin of victory was a remarkable 13 minutes, but not too surprising since the second placed runner was from India, Santosh Kumar, who finished in 2:27:25. What [...]
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Just got a confirmation that the Chennai Marathon, organized by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), will be run on Sunday, Feb 21st. Yesterday, the event logo was unveiled by Deputy CM M.K. Stalin. This will be the 8th edition of the run, and as per the organizers, 30,000 runners are expected to take [...]
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It was a familiar story at the Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009, with Kenyans dominating both the mens and womens divisions. John Wembusa, ranked 42nd in the world, won the mens event while Nelly Jepkurui (ranked 15th) won the womens event.As per the organizers, about 60,000-70,000 runners took part in the various races on the day, [...]
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Update: Event date changed to Sept 27 from Aug 22. Why? Read the reasons from the organizers below. ” … Givelife Chennai Marathon, scheduled for August 22, has been postponed to September 27. This is to ensure the participation of national-level participants and to avoid date clash with the World Athletic Championship to be held [...]
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Event date: Feb 15th, 2009 It was a tale of two marathons, which by the twist of fate, or by the idiocy of the organizers, fell on the same date, even though when are located so near to each other. To clarify, Auroville marathon was planned months in advance, and as always, Chennai marathon comes [...]
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