THOUSANDS OF people from different walks of life came forward to take part in the Annual Hyderabad 10K race event which was held on November 26 and 27. The race took off from Peoples Plaza, Necklace road located in the periphery of historic Hussain Sagar Lake. Hyderabad Police Commissioner, A K Khan, flagged off the run. Popular figures from the world of sports, politics, cinema and corporate were also seen on the occasion to encourage participants.
Parliamentarian G Vivek, Telugu film actors D Suresh, Muralimohan, Naga Chaitanya, Nikhil, Navadeep, Manchu Vishnu and former All England badminton champion, P Gopichand also took part in the event.
The race attracted over 29,000 participants, the event had five categories, elite national and international 10k run for men, elite national and international 10k run for women, amateur (for 18 years and above), corporate run (for 18 and above) and fun run (for contestants aged 12 and above).
The race began from People's Plaza, Necklace Road and ended at the same venue after passing through NTR Gardens and Sanjevaiah Park covering a distance of 10 km. On the sidelines were many dance and music troupe playing and dancing to encourage runners. Students, professionals, housewives, children and many more from different walks of life took part in the event.
Some of the participants were also seen displaying message pertaining to pollution, environment, and corruption. Million Feyisa an Ethiopian and Lalita Babbar, a Central Railways employee had the honor to win men’s and women’s category respectively. In the men's category Irappa D Akki and Inderjit Patel bagged second and third position respectively. While in the women category, Tnibit Gidey and Priyanka Patel won second and third position respectively. Winners were given Rs 2,50,001, Rs 1,50,000 and Rs 75,000 respectively.
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