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4th edition of the PSPB International Half Marathon ‘Petro Run’ was held in New Delhi on 29th September 2019.The Marathon was flagged off by India’s sportstars, Hima Das and PullelaGopichand in the presence of Dr. MM Kutty, Chairman, PSPB, & Secretary, MoP&NG, Mr.Sanjiv Singh, President, PSPB, and Chairman, IndianOil and other dignitaries. The race categories included distances of 21.1 km, 10 km and a fun run of 5 km. The runners were divided into three categories, namely, Elite runners (International and Indian professional runners), open category and PSU category. The elite category saw participation of some of the best International and Indian athletes. Further, there was an age-wise division of runners of open and PSU categories for deciding the winners.
The foot soldiers of MRPL got one more opportunity toparticipate in this high profile marathon. A total of 23long distance runners from MRPL participated in 21km and 10 km categories. Our marathoners came out with flying colours, six of the participants had podium finishesin the PSU category. Following is the list of participants with their standings:

SL no Name Department Race Catogory(km) Timings(hh:mm:ss) Position
1 Divya N Operations-CHTU 21.1 (18-35 yrs) 02:12:44 1st
2 Lakshmi Operations-CHTU 21.1 (18-35 yrs) 02:39:27 3rd
3 Sandeep Crasta Operations- Ph-1/2 21.1 (35-45 yrs) 01:56:11 4th
4 Padmaraju MechMaint 21.1 (45-55 yrs) 02:06:10 4th
5 ChayanBhalla Operations-PFCC 21.1 (35-45 yrs) 02:01:01 8th
6 Ganesh M MechMaint 10 (55+ yrs) 00:55:59 2nd
7 LathaKumari QC Lab 10 (18-35 yrs) 01:06:27 3rd
8 DrBudhiram Pal OLIC 10 (45-55 yrs) 00:52:24 3rd
9 Shyama Poojary MechMaint 10 (35-45 yrs) 00:48:58 3rd
10 Noopur Kaushik Bhalla Vigilance 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:08:01 4th
11 Ganesha Operations-PPU 10 (18-35 yrs) 00:44:32 4th
12 Pavithra ISO cell 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:11:52 6th
12 Pavithra ISO cell 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:11:52 6th
13 Baby Varghese Operations-PPU 10 (45-55 yrs) 00:55:30 7th
14 Jayakar Shetty   21.1 (55+ yrs) 01:57:41 8th
15 Amit Sharma MRPL Delhi office 21.1 (35-45 yrs) 02:53:24 NA
16 Niranjan Singh Budhiyal On deputation 21.1 (35-45 yrs) 02:29:38 NA
17 Sanjay Chaubey MRPL Delhi office 21.1 (35-45 yrs)    
18 Harish Kumar Jagnani MRPL Delhi office 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:15:18 NA
19 Shrikant Tailor MRPL Delhi office 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:16:01 NA
20 Vimal Gulati MRPL Delhi office 10 (18-45 yrs) 01:08:04 NA
21 Pankaj Durani MRPL Delhi office 10 (18-45 yrs)    
22 BrahmDeo Singh MRPL Delhi office 10 (35-45 yrs) 01:19:42 NA
23 Sharad MRPL Delhi office 10 (18-45 yrs) 01:27:30 NA

 

The event was organized by NEB sports and exceedingly well managed by PSPB. Senior petroleum ministry officials and distinguished sports persons were among the dignitaries who graced the occasion.Some of the glimpses as captured by the event photographers are as below.

 

 

 

 

 

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