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Major attractions
Bollywood actor John Abraham and former tennis star Vijay Amritraj were
also present as event ambassadors, cheering the marathoners. The Wheelchair and Senior Citizens' Run won everybody's admiration for
their sheer will and enthusiasm.
Actors Anil Kapoor and Gulshan Grover also cheered senior citizens
during the marathon in which about 1,800 seniors participated. Tina
Ambani, wife of tycoon Anil Ambani, who promotes a better lifestyle for
senior citizens through her magazine Harmony, also cheered for elder participants.
Star participants such as model and actor Milind Soman who runs the full
marathon every year and business tycoon Anil Ambani, who participated in
the half marathon this year, were seen in full energy as they started
off the run. "It gives me great pleasure to participate in the Mumbai marathon every year," Soman said before he began.
Also participating this year were Siddharth Mallya, socialite and son of
businessman Vijay Mallya, actors Anil Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Rahul
Bose, Ranbir Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Perizaad Zorabian, Gul Panag, Neha
Dhupia, Tara Sharma, singer Shaan and hordes of television actors like
Rohit and Ronit Roy and others.
Indians in top 20
Five Indians finished in the top 20. Army Sports Institute's Ram Singh
Yadav headed the list at 12th, followed by Elam Singh (15th), Rajesh T.A. (18th), Lynkhoi Binning (19th) and Karan Singh (20th).
Lalita Babbar topped the Indian section in the women's full marathon
(2:53:35) while Soji Mathew (1:05:29) and Priyanka Patel (1:21:55) won the half-marathon titles
Ram Singh Yadav
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Mumbai Diary (January
16, 2011) 
