Indian men's team wins gold in inaugural Asian Half Marathon C'ship

The Indian men's team consisted of Sawan Barwal, Kartik Kumar and Abhishek Pal

November 11, 2023 10:15 pm | Updated 10:15 pm IST - Dubai

Image used for representative purpose only.

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: ANI

The Indian men's team won gold medal while the women's side clinched a bronze in the inaugural Asian Half Marathon Championship here on Saturday.

The Indian men's team consisted of Sawan Barwal, Kartik Kumar and Abhishek Pal.

Barwal, who clocked 1 hour 4 minutes and 30 seconds, also won an individual bronze medal while Kumar (1:05:21) and Pal (1:08:05) finished fifth and 13th respectively.

Poonam Dinkar, Kavita Yadav and Rima Patel represented the women's team.

Poonam (1:19:28s), Kavita (1:19:33s) and Rima (1:19:40s) finished ninth, 10th and 11th respectively in the individual event.

The timings of the individual athletes were added up to decide the team winner.

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