Siddappa Shivanur and Pooja Savanth emerged as winners in the 14-km Hubballi Marathon-2015 in the Men’s and Women’s categories, respectively.
In the marathon that covered the thoroughfares of the city including the Kittur Chennamma Circle, Sarvodaya Circle in Keshwapur and Gokul Road, both Siddappa and Pooja finished their races far ahead of their competitors to take home Rs. 10,000 each.
Ramesh Patil and Nilamma Rathod won in the Under-14 Boys and Girls categories respectively; P.D. Hunagund and Bhavani Bhandari finished first in the Senior Citizen Men’s and Women’s categories respectively; and Basavaraj Aihole bagged the first place in the physically challenged category.
The second and third prize winners got Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 3,000 respectively.
Vice-Chancellor of KLE Technological University Ashok Shettar and other dignitaries gave away the prizes to the winners.
The winners
Men: Siddappa Shivanur, Mallesh Patil, Kannappa Donni.
Women: Pooja Savanth, Rilcha M., Varsha A Ghongde.
U-14 Boys: Ramesh Patil, Pavan Byatger, Kiran Madar.
U-15 Girls: Nilamma Ratho, Disha Pati, Radhika G. Ghatge
Senior Citizen (Men): P.D. Hunagund, Mohan B. Netrekar, B.S. Ambannavar.
Senior Citizen (Women): Bhavani Bhandari, Rajeshwari Budapanahalli, Anasuya Kanavalli.
Physically Challenged: Basavaraj Aihole.
