{"id":25716,"date":"2016-02-12T10:25:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T10:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25716"},"modified":"2016-02-12T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T10:25:47","slug":"nitender-singh-rawat-and-kavita-raut-win-gold-in-south-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25716","title":{"rendered":"Indian Runners Nitender, Kavita win gold; Kavita seals Rio 2016 berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25715\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Elite Women Winner Kavita Raut at finish line\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Indian Men and Women win Gold Medals in Marathon today in ongoing 12th South Asian Games. Nitenender Singh Rawat completed his target in 2:15:18:00 hrs. One second trail put Sri Lankan, C. Aruradha Indra to second place and got Silver Medal. Khetha Ram of India could manage Bronze Medal only.<\/p>\n<p>In Women&rsquo;s Marathon, Indian athlete Kavitha Raut covered the target distance in 2:38:38:00 hrs and struck Gold medal. Sri Lankan athletes N.G. Rajasekara bagged Silver while B.G.L. Anuradhi got Bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>Kavitha Raut also booked Rio Olympics birth after winning the gold medal. Other Indian Women Runnes&nbsp;O P Jaisha, Lalita Babbar and Sudha Singh have already qualfied for women&rsquo;s marathon in Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>India ended the athletics competition with 28 gold, 22 silver and 9 bronze establishing their superiority in the South Asian region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25715\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Elite Women Winner Kavita Raut at finish line\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Indian-Elite-Women-Winner-Kavita-Raut-at-finish-line-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Indian Men and Women win Gold Medals in Marathon today in ongoing 12th South Asian Games. Nitenender Singh Rawat completed his target in 2:15:18:00 hrs. One second trail put Sri Lankan, C. Aruradha Indra to second place and got Silver Medal. Khetha Ram of India could manage Bronze Medal only.<\/p>\n<p>In Women&rsquo;s Marathon, Indian athlete Kavitha Raut covered the target distance in 2:38:38:00 hrs and struck Gold medal. Sri Lankan athletes N.G. Rajasekara bagged Silver while B.G.L. 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