The 12th edition of Walkaroo Coimbatore Marathon powered by ELGi, the largest sporting event in Coimbatore was held in the city on Sunday (15th Dec 2024) with over 21,000 participants from Coimbatore and different parts of India, running for a noble cause.
This is a world-class running event with 4 categories – a 21.1 km run (half marathon); a 10 km run; a 5 km run and a 5 km walk besides a corporate relay is recognised by the Tamil Nadu Athletic Association. All runs began and ended near Stanes School Grounds.
The half-marathon was flagged off by Kranthi Kumar, Coimbatore District Collector and Balakrishnan, Police Commissioner, Coimbatore City while Sylendra Babu, former DGP of Tamil Nadu, flagged off the 10 km run in the presence of Dr. Balaji, Managing Trustee, Coimbatore Cancer Foundation; Noushad, Founder, Walkaroo and many other guests.
Balaji said “Another successful event with a record number of registrations. Thanks to the assistance from the Collector, Police Commissioner, Corporation Commissioner and all Governmental agencies, we could conduct a world-class Marathon. A Big Thanks to our Event Partners and volunteers who made this event, besides the great enthusiastic participation of the community of Kovai.”
Ramesh Ponnuswami, Race Director said, “12th edition of the marathon has been a big success, a testament to the growing community of recreational long-distance runners, their passion and dedication to the sport. Every successful event delivered is a very gratifying experience for my team, which has worked for months to put this event together. With constantly looking for opportunities to improve and elevate the experience of our participants, making them want to come back every year, improve their performance, relish the experience, and spread the word around to help us grow the numbers.
We appreciate and thank the runners and express our gratitude towards the people of Coimbatore, the Police department, the Coimbatore Collectorate, the Coimbatore Corporation, and several organizations and volunteers for their continued support and patronage.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again at the next edition in December 2025, which promises to be bigger and better.”
The Coimbatore Marathon brought to the city by the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation (CCF) in association with Coimbatore Runners and Show Space Events is also a fundraiser to aid CCF in supporting cancer patients.
The Results
21km- Open – Men
1st – Deepak Babu Kumbhar – 01:08:11
2nd- Pramod Singh – 01:11:25
3rd – Vinoth Kumar.S – 01:12:42
21km- Open- Women
1st – Divya Bharathi – 01:41:25
2nd – Pradeesksha – 01:41:26
3rd- Nishu Priya – 01:51:45
21km – Veteran-Men
1st – A.John Kennedy (01:22:48)
2nd _ Prabakar.A (01:27:45)
3rd – Dr.Velayudham Marimuthu (01:32:38)
21km- Veteran- Women
1st – Ranjini Gupta (01:52:55)
2nd – Bindhu Sakthikumar (02:00:47)
3rd – Kalaimani Azhagu (02:04:24)
10km – Open – Men
1st – Vaibhav Patil – 00:31:29
2nd – Anmol Sharma – 00:31:48
3rd – Jerald Cicil – 00:34:30
10km – Open – Women
1st – Samya Sri – 00:44:12
2nd – Nandhi Sorout – 00:46:49
3rd – Sangeetha Rani Dhineshkumar – 00:47:02
10km – Veteran – Men
1st – Col.Harish Ramachandran – 00:36:14
2nd- Raj – 00:40:40
3rd – Udhayakumar Karuppaiya – 00:43:20
10 km – Veteran – Women
1st – Urmila Surana – 00:53:20
2nd – Amuthanayagi- 00:56:49
3rd – Sasikala – 01:02:16
