This time, the largest number of participants, around 4,000, is participating in the Kantipur Half Marathon. The 14th edition of the Kantipur Half Marathon is being organized with the slogan 'Run for Nepal'.
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The Kantipur Half Marathon has begun. In front of the Kantipur office in Tinkune, record-breaking runner Baikuntha Manandhar, who has won three gold medals in the South Asian Games and participated in the Olympics four times, inaugurated the race.
Kantipur Media Group Chairman Kailash Sirohiya, Chief Executive Officer Mahesh Swar, and Chief Executive Officer of the main sponsor Global IME Bank, Surendra Raj Regmi, hoisted the flag.
The largest number of participants, around 4,000, is participating in the Kantipur Half Marathon this time. The 14th edition of the Kantipur Half Marathon is being organized with the slogan 'Run for Nepal'.
The running competition organized by Kantipur Media Group (KMG) every year will feature four categories: Half Marathon, Corporate and Influencer Run (5 km), Extreme College Run (7 km), Wheelchair Race (3 km). Earlier, 2,560 people ran in the 2075 Kantipur Half Marathon.
The Kantipur Half Marathon, presented by Global IME Bank, will feature Extreme Energy Drinks as the powered by. According to Swarn, this time chips have been used in each player to get ‘accurate timing’ in the half marathon category.
The distance of the Kantipur Half Marathon will be 21.1 km. Both the male and female winners will win a prize of Rs 150,000. Those who come second to sixth will win Rs 75, 50, 30, 20 and 10,000 respectively. With the technical support of the Nepal Athletics Association, the winner of the wheelchair race of the competition will win 35,000, the second placer 25,000, and the third placer 15,000. The top three male and female winners in the Corporate and Influencer and College Run categories will receive various prizes and gift hampers. From this year, everyone who completes the race will be awarded a ‘finisher’s medal’. The winner of the College Run will get the opportunity to watch the IPL final. Extreme Energy will provide all the management, including airfare, as Sonia Rana, Business Head of Extreme Energy Drinks, had earlier informed.
The Kantipur Half Marathon, which will start from Tinkune, where Kantipur's office is located, will pass through Tinkune, Koteshwor, Jadibuti, Lokanthali, Gatthaghar, Thimi, Sallaghari, and will end at Jagati Chowk and Koteshwor, Tinkune. The Corporate and Influencer Race will start from Tinkune, return from Lokanthali bridge, pass through Koteshwor and end at Tinkune. The Wheelchair Race, which will start from Tinkune, will reach Koteshwor and end at Tinkune. The College Run will return from Tinkune, pass through Koteshwor and reach Gatthaghar Chowk and return on the same route.
The celebration partners of the Kantipur Half Marathon are KFC and Pizza Hut, the technical partner is Nepal Athletics Association, the hospital partner is Frontline Hospital, and the food partner is Food Management and Trading Company.
Last year, in the 13th edition, Khadak Bahadur Khadka of Tribhuvan Army Club and Santoshi Shrestha of Dhading were the champions in the men's category and the women's category, respectively. Kanchhi Maya Koju has won the women's title of the Kantipur Half Marathon the most times, five times, while runner Harikumar Rimal has won the men's title four times.
