Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: The members of Jammu Runners Group (JRG) and Jammu Athletes Club (JAC) blossomed in the 2nd edition of Baisakhi Marathon, organised by Super Sikh Foundation at Sri Anandpur Sahib in Punjab.
Many senior members from Jammu Runners Group participated enthusiastically in the event.
Balvinder Singh and Varinder Sharma, the athletes supported by Jammu Athletes Club (JAC) secured 1st and 3rd place respectively in the Half Marathon with a timing of (1:26:00) and (1:36:54) respectively.
The other members who participated in Half Marathon included Satbir Singh (2:07:27), Amarjeet Singh (2:06:53), Rajesh Sharma (1:54:17), Abhishake Gupta (1:55:00), BVS Venugopal (2:17:00), Harinder Pal Singh (2:20), Sandeep Singh (1:58:00) and Moninderjit Singh Sarna (2:51).
The members who participated in 10 k were Jaswant Singh (1:54), at the age of 78 years was the senior most member of the team, Ravitjit Singh Sarna (1:08), Gurashish Singh (1:28), Prabhir Singh (1:44) and Chandan Gupta.
The members who participated in 5k run were Gurmeet Kaur, Ritu Kochhar, Renu Gupta, Aman Kochhar and Jahnavi Bhamidi, who secured 2nd place in her age category in the 5k run.
Dr Dilawar Khan participated as a pacer and successfully completed the run in 2:10:00, while Abhishake Gupta was felicitated as a special runner by Super Sikh Foundation.
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