‘Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023’ – brings back the Spirit of Life to the City. Mumbaikars take to the street to cheer each other.

V Vaidyanathan MD & CEO IDFC First

Mickey Mehta (centre) with Prakash Borgaonkar (r) and Marathon Runner 91yr old Yashwant Thakar (l)

Mr N Chandrasekaran Chairman Tata Sons at the Mumbai Marathon 2023

Dr Neerja Birla, Mental Health Champion at the run

Mumbai sprung to life early on a nippy Sunday morning yesterday as over 55,000 people took part in the 18th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon.

Records tumbled in Asia’s most prestigious race as the Ethiopian duo of Hayle Lemi and Anchalem Haymanot won with new course records to take home USD 45,000 winner’s prize and a course record bonus of USD 15,000 each.

Lemi took advantage of the slow pace in the first half of the men’s race.  The 2016 Boson Marathon winner ran alongside the defending champion and countryman Derara Hurisa, Kenyan Philemon Rono and half a dozen other runners as they passed through the iconic Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link towards the halfway mark.

Lemi, Rono and another Ethiopian Hailu Zewdu broke away from the rest of the group at the 26th kilometre.  The three athletes climbed the Peddar Road together on their return journey.  Lemi increased his pace while coming down to enter Chowpatty beach corner and started running on the Marine Drive well ahead of the other two.  His 2:07:32 is an early season lead in the world this year.  Rono clocked 2:08:44 and Zewdu 2:10:23 for the other two places on the podium.

The women started their race at a fast pace and there was a keen tussle between five Ethiopian runners at the midway stage.  Worknesh Alemu, the 2019 champion here, drew from her past experience on the course to take the lead at that point. However, Haymanot, a marathon debutant, broke away from Alemu.  Rahma Tusa, two times Rome Marathon winner, and 2022 Sydney marathon runner-up Letebrhan Haylay ran shoulder-to-shoulder with her.   “Running along with these two experienced runners with fast timings to their credit was really a challenge, but I gained much experience from them,” Haymanot revealed during a post-race press conference.

For the first time, the podium finishers in the women’s section finished under 2:25, as Tusa (2:24:22) also finished under the previous course record of 2:24:33 held by Valentine Kipketer (Kenya) since 2013.

Gopi T made a winning return to competitive action while Chavi Yadav pulled off a spectacular victory on her marathon debut in the Indian race.

Olympian Gopi, the first Indian male to win the Asian Marathon Championship in 2017, clocked 2:16:41 to finish on top of the domestic Elites and 10th overall in the 18th edition of the USD 405,000 prize fund World Athletics Gold Label Road Race.

All eyes were on Gopi who was returning to competition after three years following knee surgery and the Army runner didn’t disappoint as he clocked 2:16:41, and was followed by Man Singh, who was 17 seconds behind, and Kalidas Hirave.

Gopi fell short of the upcoming Asian Games cut-off of 2:15 but said the win in India’s largest marathon gave him a tremendous boost.

“It felt good to be back after three years. I maintained a good pace for the first 30-odd kilometres but slowed down towards the end,” the Army runner told a news conference. “I never give up,” added Gopi, who previously won in 2018.

The 2020 winner Srinu Bugatha finished fifth in 2:23:05.

Bhopal’s Chavi said she was running the classic distance for the first time. “I didn’t run more than 25 km even in training,” she told a news conference. Arati Patil finished second, over 10 minutes behind, and Renu Singh was third.

The Elite Indian podium finishers were richer by INR 500,000, 400,000 & 300,000 respectively.

Meanwhile, Parul Chaudhary bettered her course mark in the women’s half marathon and Murli Gavit won the men’s crown. The podium finishers took home INR 100,000, 75,000 & 60,000 respectively. Following are the results.

MARATHON ELITE MALE

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	TIME
1	HAYLE LEMI	Ethiopia	02:07:32
2	PHILEMON RONO	Kenya	02:08:44
3	HAILU ZEWDU	Ethiopia	02:10:23
4	ABDELA GODANA	Ethiopia	02:11:31
5	OKUBAY TSEGAY	Eritrea	02:11:49
6	AYCHEW BANTIE	Ethiopia	02:11:53
7	ABIDA EZAMZAMI	Morocco	02:12:36
8	MASRESHA BERE	Ethiopia	02:14:56
9	JOHN LANGAT	Kenya	02:16:08
10	GOPI THONAKKAL	India	02:16:41

MARATHON ELITE MALE INDIAN

RANK	NAME	TIME
1	GOPI THONAKKAL	02:16:41
2	MAN SINGH	02:16:58
3	KALIDAS HIRAVE	02:19:54
4	ANISH THAPA	02:22:00
5	SRINU BUGATHA	02:23:05
6	PANKAJ DHAKA	02:28:08

MARATHON ELITE WOMEN

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	TIME
1	ANCHALEM HAYMANOT	Ethiopia	02:24:15
2	RAHMA TUSA	Ethiopia	02:24:22
3	LETEBRHAN HAYLAY	Ethiopia	02:24:52
4	LEMENEH KASU BITEW	Ethiopia	02:28:43
5	SIFAN MELAKU	Ethiopia	02:29:22
6	WORKNESH ALEMU	Ethiopia	02:30:45
7	KUMESHI SICHALA	Ethiopia	02:31:00
8	AYANTU KUMELA	Ethiopia	02:31:11
9	SHARON CHEROP	Kenya	02:31:30
10	ADANECH ANBESA	Ethiopia	02:33:01

MARATHON ELITE WOMEN INDIAN

RANK	NAME	TIME
12	CHAVI YADAV	02:50:35
13	ARATI PATIL	03:00:44
14	RENU SINGH	03:01:11
15	JIGMET DOLMA	03:03:31

HALF MARATHON MEN:

RANK	NAME	TIME
1	MURLI GAVIT	01:05:20
2	ANKIT DESHWAL	01:05:48
3	DEEPAK KUMBHAR	01:05:51

HALF MARATHON WOMEN:

RANK	NAME	TIME
1	PARUL CHAUDHARY	01:15:07
2	NANDINI GUPTA	01:24:12
3	POONAM SOUNE	01:24:59

 Imagica Run In Costume Winners:

Expressive Us (Group Category): 

Second runner up: Suryoday Trust

First runner up: Shah Group

Winner: Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care

Expressive Me (Individual)

Second runner up: Capt. Suresh Rajani

First runner up: Peeyush Jain

Winner: Akshay D. Jadhav

OPEN 10K

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	TIME
15 to 24 yrs Female
1	AMRITA PATEL	India	00:38:13
2	SHITAL JADHAV	India	00:43:10
3	AMRUTA GAIKWAD	India	00:43:49
25 to 34 yrs Female
1	RESHMA GOUD	India	00:46:09
2	JYOTI THAKRE	India	00:47:53
3	MAYANKA SHARMA	India	00:54:24
35 to 44 yrs Female
1	SAYURI DALVI	India	00:46:13
2	AYESHA VIJAY MANSUKHANI	India	00:47:56
3	LAXMI JHA	India	00:48:15
45 to 54 yrs Female
1	DR INDU TANDON	India	00:46:36
2	JAYA NATHANI	India	00:53:42
3	GARIMA DHAMIJA	India	00:54:48
55 to 64 yrs Female
1	KHURSHID MISTRY	India	00:54:18
2	HEMA HIRO VASWANI	India	00:59:07
3	ARATI GAIKWAD	India	01:00:18
65 yrs & Above Female
1	MANDODARI CHANDRA	India	01:07:38
2	NANDINI JAISINGH	India	01:14:49
3	SUJATA KAMATH	India	01:51:38

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	TIME
15 to 24 yrs Male
1	KAMAL KUMAR	India	00:31:45
2	KARAN SHARMA	India	00:31:50
3	VISHNU LAVHALE	India	00:33:37
25 to 34 yrs Male
1	AMIT MALI	India	00:32:33
2	SUMIT MORE	India	00:34:06
3	SHASHI DIWAKAR	India	00:34:54
35 to 44 yrs Male
1	RAKESH KUMAR	India	00:42:11
2	HIROAKI FUKUZAWA	Japan	00:45:02
3	MAYURESH MANJRE	India	00:45:45
45 to 54 yrs Male
1	KAPIL ARORA	India	00:47:05
2	NIKHIL BHANDARE	India	00:47:13
3	DEVANG ZAVERI	India	00:48:49
55 to 64 yrs Male
1	DINESH RAI	India	00:49:37
2	SETHURAMALINGAM TYAGARAJAN	India	00:49:45
3	RAJEEV MEHROTRA	India	00:52:11
65 yrs & Above Male
1	SUPADU PATIL	India	01:05:24
2	RAMACHANDRA RAO	India	01:08:03
3	GAUTAM MUDBHATKAL	India	01:13:25

HALF MARATHON AGE CATEGORIES

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	AWARD TIME
18 to 24 yrs Female
1	POONAM SONUNE	India	01:24:56
2	TASHI LADOL	India	01:25:22
3	STANZIN CHONDOL	India	01:26:14
25 to 29 yrs Female
1	PARUL CHAUDHARY	India	01:15:03
2	NANDINI GUPTA	India	01:24:09
3	VADDE NAVYA	India	01:28:05
30 to 34 yrs Female
1	VRINDA BHANDARI	India	01:39:44
2	NIVEDITA CHOPRA	India	01:49:41
3	SHRUTHI JAIN	India	01:52:42
35 to 39 yrs Female
1	SWARA AHLUWALIA	India	01:38:21
2	ANCHAL MARWAH	India	01:43:59
3	SNEHA SHAH	India	01:44:51
40 to 44 yrs Female
1	CICILY THOMAS	India	01:38:38
2	REKHA RAWAT	India	01:39:19
3	VAISHALI GARAG	India	01:44:26
45 to 49 yrs Female
1	KAVITHA REDDY	India	01:31:49
2	KETAKI SATHE	India	01:39:54
3	PRASANNAPRIYA REDDY	India	01:47:14
50 to 54 yrs Female
1	SHILPA PHADKE	India	01:48:04
2	NEELA PANCHPOR	India	01:51:58
3	DR VANDANA S CHANDRAN	India	01:52:10
55 to 59 yrs Female
1	JYOTI PROVA DUTTA  KHANIKAR	India	01:54:46
2	BIMLA BANWALA	India	02:00:10
3	GAYATRI ANNAPANTULA	India	02:09:04
60 to 64 yrs Female
1	SMITA PATIL	India	02:08:08
2	CHRISTINE SALDANHA	India	02:30:00
3	KAVITA GHATGE	India	02:37:45
65 to 69 yrs Female
1	PERVIN BATLIWALA	India	02:08:21
2	ELSIE NANJI	India	02:15:46
3	KISHORI KUDECHA	India	02:44:04
70 yrs & Above Female
1	MEERA PAREKH	India	03:06:39
18 to 24 yrs Male
1	ANKIT DESHWAL	India	01:05:45
2	MOHAN SAINI	India	01:07:36
3	RAJ TIWARI	India	01:09:00
25 to 29 yrs Male
1	MURLI GAVIT	India	01:05:16
2	ANURAG KONKAR	India	01:10:06
3	RAMAVATH RAMESH CHANDRA	India	01:10:39
30 to 34 yrs Male
1	ISHAN SHARMA	India	01:12:08
2	NARESH RAWAT	India	01:18:07
3	SHAILESH MAURYA	India	01:24:10
35 to 39 yrs Male
1	DIPAK KUMBHAR	India	01:05:48
2	MALIKARJUN PARDE	India	01:17:16
3	KAMLYA BHAGAT	India	01:18:37
40 to 44 yrs Male
1	JAIOAL BHOYAR	India	01:17:23
2	SUNIL SHIVANE	India	01:19:33
3	SAHADAT ALI	India	01:22:11
45 to 49 yrs Male
1	SANJAY DASILA	India	01:22:24
2	SURESH KUMAR	India	01:23:44
3	MAJOR SURENDRA PUNIA	India	01:26:54
50 to 54 yrs Male
1	MD WAHAB KHAN	Bangladesh	01:25:46
2	MOHAMED IDRIS	India	01:31:37
3	KAMAL THAPA	India	01:31:44
55 to 59 yrs Male
1	DINESH KUMAR	India	01:24:20
2	MUKESH RANA	India	01:28:40
3	SURESH CHANDER SHARMA SHARMA	India	01:32:27
60 to 64 yrs Male
1	THOMAS PC	India	01:29:34
2	PANDURANG CHOUGULE	India	01:30:01
3	BHUPENDRA KUMAR HARDEL	India	01:33:56
65 to 69 yrs Male
1	YOGENDRA PRATAP YADAV	India	01:27:38
2	GULJARI LAL CHANDRA	India	01:36:23
3	RAVEENDRAN MADAYI	India	01:41:26
70 yrs & Above Male
1	SELVARAJ CHICKIAH	India	01:48:21
2	DAMODAR PRASAD SHARMA	India	01:55:14
3	BHASKER DESAI	India	01:55:14

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