{"id":926,"date":"2011-11-18T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=926"},"modified":"2011-11-18T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T16:35:43","slug":"irappa-akki-lalita-babbar-to-lead-indian-challenge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Irappa Akki, Lalita Babbar to lead Indian challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Defending champions among the Indian men and women,  Irappa D Akki and Lalita Babbar, respectively, will return to spearhead  the National challenge in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be run on  November 27, 2011.<\/p>\n<p> The world\u2019s most prestigious half marathon will see participation from  54 male and 29 women athletes from India who will be a part of the elite  field and get an opportunity to run alongside some of the world\u2019s  leading long distance athletes. They will also be vying for a piece of  the separate prize fund for Indian athletes amounting to USD 35,100,  with the winners standing to gain USD 4000 each.<\/p>\n<p> Besides Irappa Akki, the men\u2019s field will also have names like Santosh  Kumar, runner-up for the last two years, B C Tilak, winner of the half  marathon in the Mumbai Marathon 2011, Deepchand Saharan, the Indian  course record holder with a timing of 1.04.00, Satish Kumar, Soji  Mathew, Lyngkhoi Bining, Ratti Ram Saini and Angad Kumar, to name a few.  Irappa had clocked 1:4.32 while winning last year and is confident of  bettering that mark this year and having a shot at Deepchand\u2019s course  record.<\/p>\n<p> The strong women\u2019s field will have last year\u2019s runners-up Kiran Tiwari,  besides Asian Games medalists Kavita Raut and Sudha Singh. Kavita Raut,  with the fastest time of 1:17.12, clocked while winning in 2008, missed  out on the last two editions and will be looking to make an impact when  she takes the starter\u2019s flag. So too will be Sudha Singh, who, according  to Indian elite athletes coordinator Sunita Godara, is in fine form and  will be looking to better her timing of 1:17.39 she had clocked in  2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Defending champions among the Indian men and women,  Irappa D Akki and Lalita Babbar, respectively, will return to spearhead  the National challenge in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be run on  November 27, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-athletics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Irappa Akki, Lalita Babbar to lead Indian challenge - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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