The first edition of the Tata Tiscon SD 10K Run was conducted here at Beach Road in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
The event witnessed an overwhelming participation by a large number of men, women and children coming forward to take part in the 3km, 5km and 10km categories.
The event saw participation of runners from diverse fields such as corporate, running clubs, walking clubs, educational institutions and NGOs among others. The 10K category was first flagged off at 6.00 am followed by zumba, after which the 5k and 3k runs were flagged off.
In the 10K run (men’s category), Manoj Singh (11006) and Ravi Das (11005) bagged the first two places while in the 10K (women’s category), Navya (11017) and P. Ramani (11066) came first and second.
The marathon was presented by Tata Tiscon SD, which launched its product Tata Tiscon Super Ductile rebars.
“Going forward, we would like to make our presence felt in the Port City by tapping the market potential, strengthening safe construction practices and spreading wellness,” said Mr Raja Jain, Managing Director, Samrat Group. Aditya Jain, Director, Samrat Irons Pvt Ltd, Shujata Singh, Sales Manager, Tata Steel, Mohan Maharaj, MD of Care Hospitals and others were present.