PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 20 -- In the 40th edition of the All India Prize Money Indira Marathon, Army long-distance runner Pradeep Singh Chaudhary from Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, won the men's title with a timing of 2:19:58. Gyan Babu from Kumda in Pratapgarh district finished second in 2:20:35, while Rohit Saroj from the Baharia area of Prayagraj secured third place, completing the 42.195 km race in 2:22:43.

In the women's category, Reenu Sandhu from Haryana clinched the title for the second consecutive year with a timing of 2:53:02. Sandhu, a CISF sub-inspector, had also won the marathon in 2024. Thirty seconds behind her, Ashwani Madan Jadav from Maharashtra finished runner-up in 2:53:32. Former six-time champion (2013 to 2018) Jyoti Shankar ...