Maharashtra’s Jyoti Gawate wins Kochi Marathon

Jyoti Gawate (centre) with the winner’s cheque in Kochi yesterday

Maharashtra long-distance runner Jyoti Gawate won the inaugural Federal Bank Kochi Marathon organised by CleoSportz, on Monday. Arjun Pradhan triumphed in the men's elite category.

Also Read: Shankar settles for decathlon silver; misses national record by whisker

Gawate breasted the tape with a timing of 3:17:31 seconds with Ashvini Madan Jadhav finishing second (3:17:38 seconds) and Aasa winning the bronze (3:18:58 seconds). Among the men, Pradhan finished first with a timing of 2:32:50 seconds while Vipul Kumar finished second (2:36:07 seconds) and Vinoth Kumar (2:40:42 seconds) stood third. Gawate and Pradhan received cash awards of R60,000 each.

In the half marathon, Sherin Jose won the men's title (1:14:36 seconds) while Reeba George (1:39:38 seconds) took the women's crown.