Completing the 21km run in 1 hour, 54 minutes, Sangita came behind professional runners Shyamali Singh of Assam and Sona Kumari of Dhanbad. So, running 21km and coming third is a huge deal," she said. In the men's 21km, Indian Railway employees Yogendra Kumar Lodhi from Allahabad, Pravesh from Bangalore and Subhankar Ghosh from Calcutta were top three. In men's 10km, Mukund Banra of West Singhbhum, Anil Rana of Dumka and Pintu Kumar Yadav of Hazaribagh ran the fastest. In women's 10km, Shanti Rai of Uttar Pradesh and East Singhbhum duo Basmati Hembrom and Puja Kumari were the fastest three.

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2017 21:47 UTC