Indian women's category topper Sudha Singh, who suffered cramps multiple times, at the finishing line on Sunday. Pic/Shadab Khan

Heat played spoilsport for both Indian elite men and women winners of the Mumbai Marathon yesterday. Olympian Gopi Thonakal, who clocked 2:16:51, ahead of his army rivals Nitendra Singh Rawat (02:16:54) and Srinu Bugatha (2:23:56), said he had aimed for a record, but after the halfway mark, his pace slowed, with the increase in temperature impacting his performance. Thonakal and Rawat finished 11th and 12th overall, respectively. "When we started, the weather was good, but soon, the temperature soared, and it became very hot," said Thonakal.