TNPSC Thervupettagam

Asian Marathon Championship

November 26 , 2017 2584 days 1193 0
  • 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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