Chennai Marathon attracts tens of thousands of athletes.Byline: ANI Chennai, Sep 27 (ANI): Tens of thousands of enthusiastic people including international athletes participated in the 'Idea Chennai International Marathon' held here on Sunday. The race was dedicated to under-privileged children. This 21- kilometres long marathon was organised from the War Memorial to the Eliiot Beach by Tamil Mayam, a non-governmental organisation (NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization ) engaged in social service. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the organisers, the participation touched the mark of 70,000.International marathon runners from Kenya, USA, Singapore and Malaysia also took part in the race. Chennai Mayor M A Subramaniam, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment D Napoleon and Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature, science, and social services. member Kanimozhi, flagged of the race. On this occasion international marathon runner Wambua Musyoki of Kenya said: "I am very happy to participate in the marathon. But I found it difficult because of the weather but the cause of the event is very good." "I am trained enough for this race, I have so much endurance for the same but the weather was odd, so I could not be at my best today," Musyoki added. "Before the start of marathon I thank God for the showers in morning. The weather is going to be fantastic, so the runners are really going to like it. We are expecting around 40,000 to 60,000 people to participate, said Gopal Raj raj also Raj n. Dominion or rule, especially the British rule over India (1757-1947). [Hindi r organiser of the event. There are great facilities being provided to the runners, within every one-kilometre. There are water booths and medical teams and within every 2 kilometres there is an ambulance with doctors, a staff nurse, paramedics and an ECG ECG electrocardiogram. ECG abbr. 1. electrocardiogram 2. electrocardiograph ECG Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart. facility," Raj informed. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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