Naga runner beats Kenyan in 5th Hornbill Half Marathon

Our Correspondent Kohima, December 6 Last year runner-up Pache Khiamnuingan extracted sweet revenge by beating last year's winner David Kipkorch's brother Daniel Kipkorch to claim top honours at 5th Hornbill Half Marathon (Men) clocking the best course record so far 1: 11: 46. Daniel Kipkorch Langat of Kenya bagged the second prize, the third position went to N. Puchong Khiam from Nagaland and the fourth position was bagged by Rajendra Kumar Bind of West Bengal. Special lap for persons with special needs - all participants given gift hampers and certificates, total 36 participated. In the Half Marathon (Women) Category which also covered 21 km, Syamali Singh of West Bengal emerged as the winner, Seema from Delhi was the first Runner-up, Sagolsem Premila Devi of Manipur got the Second Runner-up and MK Minarashi also from Manipur bagged the third Runner-up. In the Great Hornbill Run (Boys) category covering a distance of 11.9 km, Gopal Kumar Ram of West Bengal bagged the First position, Jackson Yanphar from Nagaland got the second position, Ranjeet Roy from West Bengal won the third position and the fourth position went to Bom Bahadur from Nagaland. In the Great Hornbill Run (Girls) category which also covered 11.9 km, all the prizes were bagged by competitors from Nagaland. Chimmushe emerged as the champion, Kulotholu, Masinbui Nguanta and Tavelu Nakro got the second, third and fourth prizes respectively. The event also witnessed a Special Lap for persons with special needs with the theme “Championing Disabilities”. 36 differently-abled children took part in the special lap. All the participants were given gift hampers and certificates by the 3E Nagaland team. Cash Prizes for Half Marathon were Rs. 50,000, Rs. 30,000, Rs. 20,000, and Rs. 10,000- for first second, third and fourth position winners respectively. In Great Hornbill Run, the first, second, third and fourth position winners received Rs. 20,000, Rs. 15,000, Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 5000 respectively. This event was organized by 3E Nagaland in collaboration with the tourism department.