Mumbai Marathon 2018: Winners, highlights and full coverage of the event

Winners of Mumbai Marathon 2018 Shumet Akalnaw Solomon Deksisa and Joshua Kipketer PicTataMumMarathonThe richest race in India with a prize money worth 405000 dollars came to a conclusion on Sunday with Ethiopias Soloman Deksisa winning it Another Ethiopian Shumit Akalnaw became the first runnerup while Joshua Kipkorir from Kenya came second Meanwhile Indian Olympic athletes T Gopi and Nitender Singh Rawat also took part in the Tata Mumbai MarathonWhile T Gopi won in the Indian Elite category Nitender Singh Rawat came second Sudha Singh of Central Railways won the Mumbai Marathon in the Indian Elite Women categoryAlso read Mumbai Marathon Army man reveals he took up running first to avoid punishmentThe Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018 kickstarted at 540 am from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus today January 21 All roads on the route of the marathon were closed for vehicular traffic till 1 pm today except for emergency services Not even parking of vehicles in the route was allowedThe marathon was held in six categoriesThe 42 km category full marathon stretched from Mahapalika Marg at CST to Bandra Reclamation while the 21 km category half marathon took place between Rang Sharda Auditorium in Bandra and CSTGopi Thonakal won the Indian Mens Elite category while Amane Gobena claimed top honours in the International Womens Elite CategoryHeres a look at some pictures and videos live from the Mumbai Marathon20000 The city doesnt get tired Nice to see the people of Mumbai supporting TMM2018 with all they got pictwittercomD7bZcfFkBImdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018Wersquore never short of enthusiasm positive vibes and support at TMM2018 ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0092AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0083 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Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018The International Elite are running steadily at an impressive pace of 2065 kmh at the 1 hour mark on the iconic Sea Link TMM2018 pictwittercomkXplmohl3smdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018Solomon Deksisarsquos TMM2018 winning moment BetterTomorrow pictwittercomjmXTpK3r9Kmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018We proudly present to you the TMM2018 Half Marathon finisher Antima pictwittercomtOcCQuBNPOmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018INCREDIBLE Sudha Singh claims the top honors at TMM2018 in the Indian Elites Women category 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2018Bornes Kitur a regular at the Mumbai Marathon and runner up in todayrsquos race says ldquoIrsquom happy with my performance and to have finished 2ndrdquo TMM2018 BetterTomorrow pictwittercomy6Q2LLhynxmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018Bornes Kitur a regular at the Mumbai Marathon and runner up in todayrsquos race says ldquoIrsquom happy with my performance and to have finished 2ndrdquo TMM2018 BetterTomorrow pictwittercomy6Q2LLhynxmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018Bornes Kitur a regular at the Mumbai Marathon and runner up in todayrsquos race says ldquoIrsquom happy with my performance and to have finished 2ndrdquo TMM2018 BetterTomorrow pictwittercomy6Q2LLhynxmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018The International Womenrsquos Elite Press Conference comes to a close TMM2018 BetterTomorrow pictwittercomEtWoxnpdWKmdash Tata Mumbai Marathon TataMumMarathon January 21 2018The Tata Marathon was being promoted as the largest marathon in Asia and also as the largest mass participation sports event in the continent It is the richest race in India with a prize money worth 405000 dollarsA total of 17 Indian women took part in the full marathon The best Indian men and women runners take home Rs 5 lakh and the promoters Procam International offered a bonus of Rs 2 lakh for breaking the course record The top prize for the mens and womens champions was USD 42000 and a bonus of USD 15000 was on offer for breaking the course recordCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go