A day after the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, the two people who suffered from a cardiac arrest during Sunday’s event continue to battle for their lives in the ICU of Bombay Hospital.

While 37-year-old investment banker, Amit Kasat, had suffered a severe cardiac arrest barely a kilometre before the finish line of the half-marathon (21 km) in the morning, the other patient is a photographer who was covering the event. Doctors say the strain of keeping pace with the runners to click pictures took a toll on 38-year-old lensman Ashok Kowale.