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Event
Information:
The
Mumbai Marathon is an annual
international road running
competition that is held in January.
This event was first staged in 2004.
The prize money for the fastest
runners in Men's and Women's
category are $31,000 each, with an
additional $2,250 being awarded to
the fastest Indian citizen (men and
women) in the Full and Half Marathon
categories.
The
race categories are Full Marathon
(42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097
km), Dream Run (6 km), Senior
Citizens' Run (4.3 km) and the Wheel
chair Event (2.5 km). The Mumbai
Marathon is part of "The Greatest
Race on Earth", an event sponsored
by Standard Chartered Bank. The
other three legs of this
four-marathon race are the Singapore
Marathon, the Nairobi Marathon and
the Hong Kong Marathon. The race
became an IAAF Gold Label Road Race
in 2010, confirming its status as
one of the more prestigious
competitions in the road racing
calendar.
Mumbai
marathon has been synonymous with
Bollywood personalities. One the key
ambassador for the event has been
Bollywood star John Abraham. Other
famous personality is Qualcomm
Incorporated Executive Vice
President for Americas and India,
Peggy Johnson who ran the 2009
event.
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