Sangai Run Half Marathon to be curtain raiser of Sangai Tourism Festival
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 25 2017:
The Sangai Run Half Marathon on November 19 will be the curtain raiser of this year’s Sangai Tourism Festival which is organised every year by Tourism Department, Government of Manipur .
The Sangai Run Half Marathon (21km approx) will be organised by OOREP Sports under the supervision of Athletic Association of Manipur.
The half-marathon will be flagged off from Keibul Lamjao at 8 am and it would be run around Loktak Lake.
Two other distance race namely Loktak Run (7.5 km) and School Run (3.5 km) will also be flagged off from the same spot as a part of the Sangai Festival on the same day .
“The half marathon is organised to showcase the natural beauty of Loktak Lake and one of the rarest antler species ‘Sangai’ to the entire world,” said Ajanta Moirangthem, director and co-founder of OOREP sports .
Sangai Run Half Marathon will be divided into two categories; men’s open and women’s open .
The top three athletes in both men’s open and women’s open will be awarded cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
The athletes who win 4th to 10th position will also get consolation prizes .
For Loktak Run which will begin at 8.30 pm on November 19, there will be four categories; men’s open, women’s open, above 45 years men and above 45 years women.
The top three winners in open men’s and women’s categories will get Rs 5,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 each .
For above 45 years men and above 45 years women, the top three runners will be awarded with Rs 3,000, Rs 2,500, Rs 2,000 respectively and cosolation prizes upto the 10th position .
School Run which is specially for students will begin at 9 am the same day in four categories;12-15 yr girls’ and boys’, 15-18 yr girls’ and boys’.The top three winners will be awarded with Rs 1,500, Rs 1,300, Rs 1,100 each while remaining runners upto 10th position will be felicitated with consolation prizes.