Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor-Kipsang crosses the finish line in 00:27:44
seconds with New Course record to win the overall men’s title at the TCS
World 10K Bangalore 2014. In the picture also seen the Carl Lewis, Event
Ambassador & Puneeth Rajkumar, Face of the Event.
Kenya’s Lucy Kabuu crosses the finish line in 00:31:48 seconds with New
Course record to win the overall women’s title at the TCS World 10K
Bangalore 2014. In the picture also seen the Anju Bobby George (Olympian)
and Dr. N. Nagambika Devi, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Youth
Empowerment and Sports Department.
The Indian men’s winners of the TCS World 10K Bangalore, 2014 (from left)
1st runner up Nitendra Singh Rawat, Winner B. C. Tilak and 2nd runner up
Anish Thapa.
Kenyans Geoffrey and Lucy set course records under trying conditions at the
TCS World 10K
B.C. Tilak and Swati Gadhave fastest Indians
18th May, 2014, Bengaluru: On a day when no one predicted fast timings,
Geoffrey Kamworoor-Kipsang obliterated the six-year-old course record with
an excellent 27:44 clocking while Lucy Kabuu led a Kenyan podium sweep in
the women’s race, also with a brilliant new time of 31:48, in the 7th
edition of TCS World 10K Bangalore.
Pacemaker Daniel Salel, a silver medalist in 10000m at Delhi Commonwealth
Games four years ago, led the runners through the first half of the race in
13:57. Defending champion Alex Oloitiptip and his Kenyan teammate Kamworor
were in the lead group, as also Ethiopian Kinde Atanaw. Incidentally the
Ethiopian has the fastest time of 27:36, which he clocked during his second
place finish at Prague last year, among those who took to the starting line
in the men’s race today. Atanaw was running alongside Kamworor before the
Kenyan break-away after 6 km mark as the runners approached the popular
Chinnaswamy Stadium-the Mecca of Cricket followers here.
Elaborating on his run, Kamwaror said, “I had one target when I returned to
Bangalore and that was to break the course record. I am thrilled because I
have done that today. I won the run because I was well-prepared though the
conditions were not easy. I pushed after the 5km mark and did well. I will
be back here again!”
Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, who made his first international debut in
Bangalore, came from behind to win in second place 40 seconds after the
Kenyan. Usually a cross-country runner who excelled at steeplechase at
times, Cheptegei felt the conditions suitable for his maiden appearance
here. Atanaw, as in previous years, filled the bronze position for Ethiopia
in 28:35. Last year’s winner Oloitiptip, could not overcome the humid
weather conditions, finished on sixth.
As in the men’s race pacemaker Beatrice Mutai did the front-running and led
a group of 10 women in the race that started at 8:25 a.m. Having
performed her duty, Mutai started trailing behind after the 4km mark where
Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui emerged as a leader and covered the distance at
12:36. Teammate Lucy Kabuu, former Commonwealth Games gold medalist in
10000m and winner of Airtel Delhi Half-Marathon three years ago, along with
Linet Masai joined the fray with Chepkirui in the remaining part of the
Both Kabuu and Chepkirui pulled away from Masai after the 6km mark and
started running neck-to-neck for the next kilometer until the duo passed the
Vidhan Saudha, a magnificent building-structure alongside the race route
which is housing the state legislative assembly of Karnataka. Kabuu
applied pressure when she entered another of Bangalore’s landmark Cubbon
Park while Chepkirui struggling hard to maintain the pace. However
Chepkirui, who is holding a marvellous 30:37 clocked during her golden
finish at Berlin last year, could not survive the increasing tempo of Kabuu
in the waning stages of the race and swept away the title in 31:48. To her
satisfaction Chepkirui also improved the previous record of 31:58 which
stood in the name of Ethiopian Yimer Wude since 2010, as she timed 31:55 to
better it on that shiny Sunday. Masai made it a 1-2-3 affair for the
Kenyans in 32:28. It was a second time that Kenyans have made a podium
sweep here after the 2012 edition.
“I thank almighty God, who made me win today. I am delighted also because I
have established a new course record. I was comfortable throughout the race
but decided to make my move after the 8km mark. I am glad it worked and I
have won today”, said an overjoyed Kabuu.
Both the winners – Geoffrey Kamworor and Lucy Kabuu – earned a course record
jackpot of USD 7,500 besides their first place prize purse of USD 21,000
each. The total prize pot of the race is USD 170,000.
Trained under J.S. Bhatia, it was third-time lucky for Army lad B.C. Tilak
in Bangalore in 30:26. Anish Thapa, hails from Meghalaya, found the weather
conditions hot and humid yet managed to finish second (30:38) behind Tilak
on his debut over the 10K course. Last year’s Asian Grand Prix winner
Nitendra Singh Rawat was third at 30:47. All the three runners have been
attached with different units of the Indian Army.
Swati Gadhave won the women’s section among the Indian runners by leaving
behind some of the leading names in the sport. Swati, second in 2012 and
sixth in 2011 at Bangalore, ran a tactical race when most of the other
runners found it difficult to keep up with the conditions on the road. Her
time of 37:22 was second slowest winning time here after local girl Preeti
L. Rao’s 37:47 from 2010. Marathoners Jayashree Boragee (37:35) and Supriya
Patil (37:46) finished on in the next two spots behind Gadhave.
Brand Ambassador and legendary athlete Carl Lewis encouraged the
participants along with other celebrities who had come over here to support
the ever-increasing number of entrants in Namma Run.
Following are the final results:
Overall Elite Men:
Geoffrey Kamworor Kipsang (KEN) 00:27:44 (NCR); Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)
00:28:24; Kinde Atanaw (ETH) 00:28:35; Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 00:28:47; Vincent
Chepkok (KEN) 00:28:54; Alex Oloitiptip(KEN) 00:29:03; Jacob Kendagor (KEN)
00:29:17; Daniel Salel (KEN) 00:29:28; Birhanu Delele (ETH) 00:30:19; Nazim
El Qady (MAR) 00:30:15.
Overall Elite women:
Lucy Kabuu (KEN) 00:31:48 (NCR); Goyce Chepkirui (KEN) 00:31:55; Linet Masai
(KEN) 00:32:28; Guteni Shone (ETH) 00:32:42; Helah Kiprop (KEN) 00:33:20;
Netsanet Guduta (ETH) 00:33:34; Beatrice Mutai (KEN) 00:34:01; Ababel
Yeshaneh (ETH) 00:34:32; Helalia Johannes (NAM) 00:34:43; Malika Asahsah
(MAR) 00:35:38.
Indian Men:
B. C. Tilak 00:30:26 (Overall 12); Anish Thapa 00:30:38 (Overall 13);
Nitendra Singh Rawat 00:30:47 (Overall 14); Arjun Pradhan 00:31:05 (Overall
15); V L Dangi 00:31:17 (Overall 17); Soji Mathew 00:31:20; Ajay Bir Singh
00:31:24; Balliappa A B 00:31:32; Yogendra Kumar 00:31:43; Bahadur Singh
Dhoni 00:31:46.
Indian Women:
Swati Gadhave 00:37:22 (Overall 11); Jayashree Boragee 00:37:35 (Overall
12); Supriya Patil 00:37:46 (Overall 13); Sini Ajit Markose 00:37:53; Kiran
Sahdev 00:37 54; Pooja Ramesh Varde 00:38:14; Neelam Rajput 00:38:31;
Minakshi Patil 00:38:39; Rohini Raut 00:38:57; Monika Raut 00:39:01
DHL Corporate Champions:
1.FITKIDS (Goutham S, Nanda Gopal B R, Sowmya Savanth) 01:58:16. 2. GE INDIA
(Vishakha Pandey, Bharat Sethuraman, Rohit Mohan) 02:17:20; WIPRO A (Sachin
M G, Mukesh Prasad, Kamakshi L K) 02:19:40.
MEN: Open 10K Challenge (15 to 20 Yrs.)
Viraindra Rautela 00:38:00; Sunil Kumar 00:39:12; Rajiv D. 00:39:30
(20 to 30 Yrs.)
Nanjundappa Maniyallappa 00:33:57; Christian A Ackeret (SUI) 00:35:20;
Jegadheesan Munusamy 00:35:36.
(30 to 40 Yrs.)
Raja 00:36:20; Michael Allenspach (SUI) 00:37:13; Pierre Digbo (FRA)
00:38:12.
(40 to 50 Yrs.)
Suresh Chand 00:38:55; Thomas Philip 00:39:48; Farid Ahmed 00:40:07.
(50 to 60 Yrs.)
Ashok Nath 00:39:56; Robert Coombes (GBT) 00:42:24; Srinath S 00:43:36.
(60 to 70 Yrs.)
Manjunatha Kota 00:52:00; Chandran G 00:52:30; Kannan S 00:54:56.
(Above 70 Yrs.)
Mahadev Samjiskar 01:00:42; Meenakshisundaram M 01:07:02; Janardan Bylahalli
Raghunath 01:22:37.
Women: Open 10K Challenge (15 to 20 Yrs.)
Madhuri Deshmukh 00:45:22; Aishwarya Shete 00:52:57; Namrata Narendra
00:53:15.
(20 to 30 Yrs.)
Vanessa Job 00:50:41; Upasana Koul 00:51:46; Zainab Shoib 00:53:57.
(30 to 40 Yrs.)
Natalie Follett (GBR) 00:45:46; Laura May (GBR) 00:45:50; Amrita Mitra
00:47:28.
(40 to 50 Yrs.)
Camilla Porling (SWE) 00:46:31; Vaishali Kasture 00:47:12; Maureen Enderby
(GBR) 00:50:48.
(50 to 60 Yrs.)
Shamala Manmohan 00:59:40; Radha Krishnaswamy 00:59:44; Reeth Abraham
01:00:26.
(60 to 70 Yrs.)
Sharada Venkataraman 01:15:11; Githa Thimmaiah 01:18:29; Malini Kini
01:34:11.
CEO DASH:
Jignesh Bhate (CEO, Molecular Connections) 0:01:19; Sanjay Aggarwal (CEO,
Unicel Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) 0:01:20; Rakesh Singh (MD, CITRIX Systems)
0:01:21; Anjan Lahiri (CEO, Sasken Communications Tech. Ltd.) 0:01:22; Karan
Bagaria 0:01:49; Vivek B Singh (Jt. MD, Procam International) 0:01:49;
Jayesh Mehta (MD, Future Business Tech. Ind. Pvt. Ltd.) 0:02:00; Pratish
Batavia (CEO, P D Navkar Biochem Pvt. Ltd.) 0:02:09.
Kingfisher Bombaat Brigade:
Cupa Bangalore (Winner-Animal Welfare).
Think Tank (Think) (Runner up).
Kingfisher Sakkath Bangalorean:
Anand Raj (Winner-Helmet Safety)
Manas Kumar Mahapatra (1st Runner up-General Elections 2014)
Shiva (2nd Runner up-Women Empowerment).
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