Man Singh won the gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships 2024 in Hong Kong on January 22, 2024.
- He set a personal best timing of 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 19 seconds in the men’s event.
- The 34-year-old Indian runner comfortably defeated the runner-up Huang Yongzheng of China by a time difference of 65 seconds.
- Kyrgyzstan’s Tiapkin Ilya secured the third position with a timing of 2:18:18.
- Man Singh’s previous personal best was 2:16:58, recorded at the Mumbai Marathon 2023.
- He participated in the Asian Games 2023, finishing eighth with a time of 2:16:59 in the marathon event.
- In the women’s event, India’s Ashvini Jadhav secured the eighth position with a timing of 2:56:42, while Jyoti Gawate finished 11th in 3:06:20.
- The entry standard for the women’s marathon for the Paris 2024 Olympics is set at 2:26:50.
Q: Who won the gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships 2024?
- a) Huang Yongzheng
- b) Tiapkin Ilya
- c) Man Singh
- d) Ashvini Jadhav
Ans : c) Man Singh
