Huge response to Amaravati Marathon 2018

Huge response to Amaravati Marathon 2018
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Amaravati Marathon Expo 2018, organised by VMC in association with other organisations on Sunday evoked a huge response from not only the youth but also from the children and middle-aged people, who joyfully participated in the run.

Vijayawada: Amaravati Marathon Expo 2018, organised by VMC in association with other organisations on Sunday evoked a huge response from not only the youth but also from the children and middle-aged people, who joyfully participated in the run.

The organisers have given wide publicity about the event and made arrangements for the same on Saturday evening. Wearing T-shirts distributed by the organisers, the participants took part in the run from the IGMC Stadium to Mandadam village of Guntur district passing via MG Road, flyover, Prakasam Barrage and Karakatta.

The run was divided into three categories-- half marathon 21 km, 10 km and 5 km. More than 7,500 participants enthusiastically took part in the run and made it a grand success. Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu had distributed the prizes to the winners. Geo Company distributed Geo Phones to all winners. The winners of the event were-- 21k male category: 1. Linganna 2. G Venkteswarlu. 3. Babu Jaan.

21k women category: 1. P Usha Rani 2. I Pooja and 3. K Vikayanti
10K run winners male: 1. G Vijaya Kumar 2. R Ramesh Chandra and 3.Jairesh Yadav.
10K run winners women: 1. K Sowjanya. 2. D Priyadarshini and 3. Swati

The winners were delighted to get the prizes on the occasion. District Collector B Lakshmikantham, VMC Commissioner J Nivas, Mayor Koneru Sridhar, Police Commissioner D Gowtam Sawang, DCP Rana, Geo AP CEO M Ramesh Kumar and others participated in the event, which was organised to give boost for construction of the new capital Amaravati.

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