Telangana’s B. Ramesh Chandra and Maharashtra’s Prajakta Godbole clinched honours in men’s and women’s categories respectively in the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Hyderabad half-marathon (HHM) here on Sunday.
Ramesh Chandra clocked 21.1 kms in one hour 13 minutes and 10 seconds to be crowned the champion whereas Satish Kumar (1:15:50) and Piyush Masane (1:16:56) finished second and third respectively.
In the women’s section, 28-year-old Prajakta re-asserted her reputation as one of India’s top distance runners with a timing of one hour 23 minutes and 45 seconds with Preenu Yadav (1:24:46) and Tejaswini Umbkane (1:25:11) finished second and third respectively.
