Matata, centre, Teshager, proper, and Kipkogei after their podium end within the twentieth version of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2025, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

It was a Kenyan sweep of titles on the twentieth Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, with skilled Alex Matata going beneath 60 minutes to take the lads’s crown and Lilian Rengeruk successful among the many girls on Sunday.

This is barely the second time that Kenya has received each males’s and girls’s occasions in the identical version after Francis Kibiwott and Lineth Chepkurui method again within the second version in 2006, the winners being richer by US$ 27,000 every.

Lilian Kasait Rengeruk celebrates after successful the ladies’s elite race within the twentieth version of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2025, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Matata, runner-up final 12 months behind Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, broke off quickly after the 10k mark and stayed forward of the remainder of the pack all by way of for a simple win in 59:50. Compatriot James Kipkogei completed third in 60:25 whereas Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager (60:22) was second.

In distinction, Lilian saved tempo with half a dozen runners within the leaders group, together with Ethiopians Mulat Tekle and Melal Biratu, for many of the race earlier than including further tempo to dash previous her opponents within the remaining stretch and declare the title in 1:07:20, forward of Melal and Mulat in second and third respectively.

Abhishek Pal, centre, Kiran Matre, proper, and Kartik Karkera after ending first, second and third respectively within the Indian class of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2025, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Abishek completes hat-trick

Among the elite Indians, Abhishek Pal continued his dominance within the occasion to win his third title after 2018 and 2023 whereas Seema, in her occasion debut, stunned the more-experienced subject to win among the many elite Indian girls to pocket Rs. 4,00,000 every.

While Abhishek Pal received in 1:04:17, Seema clocked 1:11:23 for a cushty victory. Staying shut for a lot of the course, Pal and Kiran Matre (1:04:57) pushed one another earlier than Pal relied on his expertise to maneuver forward.

Gold medalist Seema, silver medalist Ujala and bronze medalist Sanjivani Jadhav throughout the presentation ceremony of the ladies’s Indian class of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2025, on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday, October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

The outcomes: International: Men: 1. Alex Matata (Ken, 00:59:50), 2. Bayelign Teshager (Eth, 1:00:22), 3. James Kipkogei (Ken, 1:00:25). Women: 1. Lilian Rengeruk (Ken, 1:07:20), 2. Melal Biratu (Eth, 1:07:21), 3. Mulat Tekle (Eth, 1:07:29).

Indian: Men: 1. Abhishek Pal (1:04:17), 2. Kiran Mhatre (1:04:57), 3. Kartik Karkera (1:05:16); Women: 1. Seema (1:11:23), 2. Ujala (1:15:41), 3. Sanjivani Jadhav (1:15:52).

Published – October 12, 2025 05:50 pm IST

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