Asian Marathon Championship
November 26 , 2017
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- Gopi Thonakal from Wayanad district of Kerala became the first Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship.
- He achieved the feat in the 16th edition of the prestigious event held at Dongguan in China.
- Uzbekistan’s Andrey Petrov won silver medal and Byambalev Tseveenravdan of Mongolia won bronze medal.
- It is a biennial international competition in marathon road running for Asian athletes organised by the Asian Athletics Association.
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