Bangalore: Kenyans Alex Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono ran brave races in contrasting weather conditions to win the overall men’s and women’s titles of the Tata Consultancy World 10K Bangalore 2013, the World’s Premier 10K Run, which concluded at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, here, on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Oloitiptip, not among the pre-race favourites, but with a personal best of 27.52, took pole position early in the race and held off challenges from fellow Kenyan Nicholas Kipkemboi and Ethiopian youngster Brihanu Legese to win in 28.07 minutes. He was followed home by Kipkemboi in 28.12 and Legese in 28.16.

Current World Cross Country champion Japhet Korir, could not live up to pre-race expectations, finishing a disappointing 17th in 29.59, while another fancied Kenyan Moses Masai finished 10th in 29.05

The overall Indian women’s winners of the TCS World 10K Bangalore, 2013 (from left) 2nd runner up O P Jaisha, International Event Ambassador Maria Mutola, 1st runner up Preeja Sreedharan, Face of the Event Puneeth Rajkumar and Winner Sudha Singh.

The overall male and female winners took home USD 21,000 each, with the second and third-placed runners winning 15,000 USD and 9,000 USD each respectively.

Suresh K Patel and Sudha Singh emerged winners among the men and women in the Indian category, finishing overall 20th and 14th respectively.

Suresh Patel, employed with ONGC and based in Dehradun, clocked 30.34, way outside the Indian men’s course record of 29.59, and was followed home by V L Dangi in 30.53 and Mohd Yunus in 30.58.

The women’s race was won by the Railways athlete Sudha Singh in a start to finish effort in 35.25, while Preeja Sreedharan, making a comeback after a layoff, took second place in 36.01, followed by O P Jaisha in 36.31. defending champion Monika Athare had to be content with fourth place.

The Nation’s Challenge saw Uttar Pradesh, represented by Sudha Singh, Suresh Patel and Mohd Yunus emerge winners and take home a purse of Rs 4.5 lakhs, followed by Maharashtra and Kerala.

Though the late night showers on Saturday had cooled temperatures a bit, humidity was high and with the male athletes not willing to force the pace, the course record slipped out of reckoning after the 5km mark. It was a tight bunch that went through the 5km mark, with Oloitiptip, Kipkemboi and Legese in the lead group, followed closely by Mike Kigen, Philemon Rono and Tanzanian Dickson Marwa. The three leaders then broke free at around 8km and entered the stadium with just a few strides separating them.

Oloitiptip stepped on the pedal in the final 350 metres to surge ahead and breast the tape for a well deserved win.
Elaborating on his run, Oloitiptip said “It was fantastic win for me. I had faith in my ability and believed that I could win the run. The first 5 kilometers were difficult and the conditions were humid but the fact that I was strong and well prepared in mind and body helped me do well.”

The women’s race too was closely contested with Lucy Kabuu setting the early pace and leading the bunch comprising Gladys Cherono, Guteni Shone and Esther Chamtai. It was after around 9 kms the Kabuu’s pace flagged, allowing Cherono to move ahead and lead Guteni and Esther into the stadium. Gladys had the stronger finish and warded off the other two to win comfortably.

“The run was my first in India and I am glad with my performance. The weather was humid, which made running a little challenging personally. The run was slow initially but became a lot faster later. I am glad that I overcame the odds and came out victorious. I had a small lead when we entered the stadium and decided to move faster and hold on to my position, said Gladys.”

Following are the final results:
Overall Elite Men:
Alex Oloitiptip(KEN) 00.28.07; Nicholas Kipkemboi (KEN) 00.28.12; Birhanu Legese(ETH) 00.28.16; Mike Kigen(KEN) 00.28.29; Philemon Rono(KEN) 00.28.37; Dickson Marwa(TAN) 00.28.50; Yitayal Atnafu(ETH) 00.28.50; Gideon Kipketer(KEN) 00.28.56; Henry Kiplagat(KEN) 00.29.03; Moses Masai(KEN) 00.29.05.
Overall Elite women:
Gladys Cherono(KEN) 00.32.03; Guteni Shone(ETH) 00.32.10; Esther Chemtai (KEN) 00.32.14; Lucy Kabuu(KEN) 00.32.18; Emily Chebet(KEN) 00.32.19; Pascalia Kipkoech(KEN) 00.32.22; Helah Kiprop (KEN) 00.32.26; Malika Asahssah(MAR) 00.32.41; Yimer Wude(ETH) 00.32.54; Worknesh Degefa (ETH) 00.33.13.
Indian Men:
Suresh KR Patel 00.30.34 (Overall 20); V L Dangi 00.30.53; Mohd. Yunus 00.30.58; Indrajeet Patel 00.31.20; Man Singh 00.31.20; Soji Mathew 00.31.34; Arjun Pradhan 00.31.41; Nandraj Singh Naruka 00.31.43; Karan Singh 00.31.45; Santosh K 00.31.53.
Indian Women:
Sudha Singh 00.35.25 (Overall 14); Preeja Sreedharan 00.36.01 (Overall 15); O P Jaisha 00.36.31 (Overall 17); Monika Athare 00.36.37 (Overall18); Lalita Babbar 00.37.06 (Overall19); Kiran Tiwari 00.37.17 (Overall 20); Jhumma Khatun 00.37.36; Sinimol Paul 00.37.43; Manisha Salunkhe 00.38.01; Swati Gadhave 00.38.31.
Nations Challenge:
1. Uttar Pradesh (Sudha Singh, Mohammed Yunus, Suresh KR Patel) 01:36:56; 2. Maharashtra (V L Dangi, Man Singh, Lalita Babbar) 01:39:18; 3. Kerala (Arjun Pradhan, O Sonaton Singh, Preeja Sreedharan) 01:39:58; 4. Punjab (O P Jaisha, Sandip Kumar, Soji Mathew) 01:40:16.
DHL Corporate Challenge:
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Boys: 1. Toyota Technical Training Institute (Team I) 01.58.08 2. Toyota Technical Training Institute (Team II) 01.58.20. 3. S.E.A. College Team A Boys I 02.08.26.
Girls: 1. S.E.A. College Team A Girls I 02.37.17; 2. St Anthony College 02.45.59; 3. S.E.A. College Team B Girls II 03.35.41.
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Anand Raj (2nd Runner Up-Crime Against Women).

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Bangalore: Three-time World Champion and Olympic Champion in Sydney 2000, Maria Mutola, often ranked as the greatest female 800 m runner of all time, has been appointed as the Event Ambassador for the TCS World10K Bangalore 2013. Maria will be in Bangalore in the days leading up to the event and meet and interact with the participants, the media as well as the sponsors and partners of the event.

Event manager Procam had brought in Constantina Dita and Linford Christie as the ambassadors during 2011 and 2012 respectively. David Rudisha, was the event ambassador of the Delhi Half Marathon in 2012, and ‘King’ Haile Gebrselassie was brand ambassador for 2013 Mumbai Marathon.

Maria Mutola’s consistency, her record at major championships and her ability to compete at the highest levels of the sport for well over a decade are unmatched. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.

Maria Mutola

Maria’s greatest moment, though, came at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, when she finally won Olympic gold. She beat her major rival Stephanie Graf and Kelly Holmes.

She continued her successes in the 2001 season, grabbing the world title in Edmonton and again in 2003 in Paris. Mutola was unbeaten throughout 2003 and grabbed the headlines again that year, at the Memorial van Damme race in Belgium. By winning here, it meant that she became sole winner of the IAAF one million dollar jackpot, awarded to athletes who remained undefeated during the IAAF Golden League series of competitions. She put part of her winnings towards the foundation that she had established in her name in Mozambique.

Aiming to become the first woman to successfully defend the Olympic 800 m title in 2004, her fifth Olympics, Mutola ended up finishing fourth, and out of the medals. In 2005 her injuries were still lingering and she suffered several losses to opponents she would normally easily beat. She parted amicably with her coach Margo Jennings, before returning to good form in 2006, when she won the World Indoor title for a record seventh time.

Mutola had decided that the 2008 Olympic Games would be her last major championships, and she finished fifth. She publicly called an end to her 21-year long athletics career at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting immediately after the Olympics.

After retiring from athletics she returned to her first sporting love, football. She played for Mamelodi Sundowns team in the South African women’s league. In 2011 she was captain of the Mozambique national soccer team at the All-Africa Games in Maputo.

In 2012 she coached South African runner Caster Semenya to a silver medal at the Olympic Games in London.

‘It’s an honour to be invited as Event Ambassador for the TCS World 10K Bangalore, the world’s premier 10K run. India is fast emerging as one of the leading long distance running destinations of the world and I am looking forward to interacting with running enthusiasts in Bangalore. I hope my visit helps in some way to inspire young, budding athletes to work harder and achieve glory,” said Mutola in her message.

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Bangalore: Pipe bomb was used to create a blast on Wednesday near the Bharitya Janta Party (BJP) office in Bangalore at around 10.25am injuring 16 people. Karnataka government’s Forensic Science Laboratory officials said that the pipe bomb was planted on a motorcycle having Tamil Nadu registration.

The blast occurred on the same day as in 2010, when two explosions had rocked Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium injuring 15 people. Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar admitted about an intelligence alert that Bangalore might be targeted on the third anniversary of the Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts, but claimed that the alert was not specific. A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has joined the probe and an FIR has been registered at the Vyalikaval police station.

The bomb failed to cause major casualty as a police van, cars, trees and houses acted as shields. Eyewitnesses claimed that the bike was thrown up several metres after the explosion. Vehicles parked near it caught fire. The injured persons have been admitted in the K C General hospital were treated and discharged yesterday.

A police team in Chennai managed to trace the registered owner of the motorcycle, but the owner’s father said that it was sold four years back as his son had left for US.

Politics has already caught up with the blast. Congress Karnataka emerged as insensitive after it commented that the blast will help BJP in the immediate elections. Prime Minister of India, who had condemned Boston Blast in a jiffy, has failed to comment on the Bangalore blast.

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Bangalore: Workmen of the Bosch’s Bangalore Plant have begun a ‘Tool Down’ strike w.e.f. end of first shift of March 07, 2013.

The company has called the strike illegal and without giving any prior notice to the management. Mico Employees’s Assiciation (MEA) has an agreement with the management for a weeks notice prior strike.

“Efforts are in hand to resolve the matter with the Union and restore normalcy at the earliest,” said the company release.

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The project involved laying of 73 kms of 18 inch diameter pipeline in the city of Bengaluru. Only 25 kms streach passes through the reserve Forest Area. It crosses through Zuari River, Shastri River, Ghad River and Ghatprabha River.

Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts has begun receiving gas for its 6.5 MW power plant.

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New Delhi: Dr Amarnath Safaya, the former director Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS), Prasanthigram, who was handpicked by Satya Sai Baba himself in 1991 as the first director, passed away on Thursday, January 10, in Delhi. He served the institution till October 2011, when he retired for health reasons.

He also served as the director of SSSIHMS, Whitefield, Bangalore in its initial years. During Dr.Safaya’s tenure SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram saw an all-round development and established itself as an institution par excellance. Four specialities viz Cardiology, Urology, Opthalmology and Orthopaedics were added during his tenure. He was also instrumental in organising three international Cardiac Conferences and three international Orthopaedic Conferences in the hospital.

Prior to joining the institution, Dr.Safaya had served as the Medical Superintendent of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for 16 years and was the founder president of the Association of Hospital Administration. He was also the Vice President of the National Board of Examinations, Government of India from 1990 to 1992.

Dr.Safaya was born on October 2,1932 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He completed MBBS from Agra University and took his MD degree from the University of Kashmir in 1964.

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Bangalore: US based Bell Helicopter has signed a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Dynamatic Technologies Limited (DTL) of Bangalore, India to explore establishing DTL as a subcontractor for its Bell 407 Helicopter airframe cabin assembly, airframe components and details.

The estimated business volume of the work proposed is approximately $243 million USD over a ten year period starting in 2013.

“Bell Helicopter is very pleased to continue to invest in India,” said Rishi Malhotra, Bell Helicopter’s general manager in India. “This is an important step forward in expanding our customer service, engineering and manufacturing capabilities in India.”

Bell has an office in New Delhi and Bell’s parent company has established Textron India technology center in Bangalore. Additionally there are two Bell Helicopter Customer Service Facilities in the region; Deccan Aviation, located in Bangalore, and Air Works, located in Mumbai. Bell Helicopter also has a dedicated full-time Customer Service representative located in Mumbai.

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Chennai: Dark Don racing team’s Ashwin Sundar from Chennai, the experienced Arjun Balu from Coimbatore, and young Feroze Khan also from Chennai stole the lime light with their superlative performances to gain a double win each in different categories at the end of Round 4 of the 15th JK Tyre National Racing Championship that concluded today at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) near suburban Sriperumbudur.

In the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup races, Mumbai’s Ameya Walavalkar, a knowledgeable driver known for his perfection in handling the car having thrived and experienced from his karting days did not face any problem today in the first race. He had to ward of difficult times in the second to finish sixth after starting eighth in the reverse grid format. In both races today, Ameya Walavalkar returned best lap timings proving his expert abilities.

In the second race, Sandeep Kumar of Chennai finished first followed by Saurav Bandyopadhay (Mumbai) and Deigo Duez (Mexico) for the second and third places respectively. It was a special win for the Mexican who also celebrates Mexican Independence day today.

V Rajvirdhan’s car catches fire

Another talented driver from Chennai, Saran Vikram, and winner of the second race yesterday kept to his game plan of wanting to finish on podium instead of getting declared ‘DNF’. He took his time at the start allowing Ashwin’s teammate Sarosh Hataria to go past him but only to pass the latter at the second corner. Saran started second and Hataria third on the grid but the former was determined to avoid any incident that would affect his chances of finishing on podium. Sarosh had a duel with young Chennai lad Vishnu Prasad, who tailed him almost through out the race. Sarosh yielded no leeway to Vishnu by always keeping to his inside line. His determination won him the third place on the podium.

With two wins from three races Ashwin Sundar leads the pack on the points table and with four more races to go (two rounds) the remainder of the championship will witness tougher competition from second placed Saran Vikram (Mars Racing) and Rayo Racing’s Sudarshan Rao of Bangalore, who is on 82 points.

The much awaited Indian Touring Cars Class race threw out interesting hot chases for top honours but Coimbatore’s Arjun Balu, the favourite in the category, kept his cool to live up to his billing as the ‘top seed’. There was no difference in the style in which he won the first race yesterday. Starting from pole, Balu brought about a stunning finish for first place.

Balu, with his experience, was in a league of his own; determined to keep ahead from the others with a solid lead right from the beginning. There was greater challenge for second and third place between Arjun Narendran (Coimbatore), N Leelakrishnan (Coimbatore), V. Rajvirdhan (Coimbatore) and Siddharth Kishore( Chennai).

But as the luck would have it, Rajvirdhan, who was looking to finish 2nd, packed up in the eighth lap when his engine blew up perhaps because of a combination of heat and humidity and his eagerness to catch up with Balu. On all counts, it was a creditable show by veteran Leelakrishnan to finish second for the second successive podium finish this weekend with Siddharth Kishore coming third on the podium.

In the Indian Junior Touring Cars event, Chennai based Feroze Khan made it a start to finish affair driving with élan well ahead of his rivals to achieve a creditable double. However, Mumbai’s Fahad Kutty, the leader on the points table, who had packed up his engine yesterday, showed his class with a fourth place finish after starting 22nd on grid.

The results:

Volkswagen Polo R Cup: Race 1 (10 laps): Ameya Walavalkar 1 (20:28.141); Rahil Noorani 2 (20:38.752); Avdumber Hede 3 (20:39.439). Race 2 (10 laps): A Sandeep Kumar 1 (20:42.175); Saurav Bhandopadhyay 2 (20:45.913); Diego Duez 3 (20:51.367)
Championship standings: Ameya Walavalkar 274; Sandeep Kumar 247; Avdumber Hede 221

LGB Formula 4 (10 laps): Ashwin Sundar (Dark Don Racing) 1 (19mins, 48.350secs); Saran Vikram (Mars Racing) 2 (19:49.871); Sarosh Hataria (Dark Don Racing) 3 (20:06.230)
Championship standings (top 3): Ashwin Sundar 111 points; Saran Vikram 86; Sudarshana Rao 82.

Indian Touring Cars (8 laps): Arjun Balu (Tiger Sport India) 1 (16:05.647); N Leelakrishnan (Big Foots Racing) 2 (16:12.237); Siddharth Kishore (Performance Racing) 3 (16:19.671)

Championship standings: Arjun Balu 118; Vijaykumar Rajvirdhan 93; Leelakrishnan 81

Indian Junior Touring Cars (10 laps): S Feroze Khan 1 (21:57.236); Emmanuel Clarke (Moto-Rev India) 2 (22:03.714); Dilijith Shaji (Eran Group Sports Club) 3 (22:04.340)

Championship standings: Fahad Kutty 137; Feroze Khan 136; Diljith Shaji 115

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Bangalore: In a shocking revelation,Telugu actress Yamuna has been arrested on prostitution charge. Bangalore police has caught Yamuna red handed in Hotel ITC Royal Gardenia, Bangalore. She was later taken to police station for further questioning. Police will try to determine the other big names involved in the racket.

As per police, eight other have been arrested too. Yamuna has not been allowed to talk to newsmen.

Yamuna has acted in several movies. Later on she drifted to Television soaps. Yamuna is a CEO in a firm. As per police, she had stuck a deal with a CEO of a software firm.

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METRO Cash and Carry India hosted an afternoon of competitions, cookery demonstrations and discussions exclusively for its business customers from the hospitality sector at the Bangalore wholesale centre. The Chef-o-logy Carnival was inaugurated by Mr. Sanjay Gupta, General Manager, Royal orchid Hotels

The Chef-o-logy Carnival is a part of METRO’s ongoing customer connect initiative for the Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers (HoReCa) sector. This interactive platform aims at providing complete value-added services to the customers in areas like thematic cuisine creation, food festivals and menu merchandising all under one roof. METRO Cash & Carry has tied up with renowned chefs and industry leaders in the city for this program.

The METRO wholesale centre wore a festive look with an assortment showcasing prominent suppliers in food and non food categories and ‘own brand’ display stalls of spices, ketchup and tea bags. Students from several Hotel Management Institutes in the city like Garden City College, M S Ramaiah College, PES College, Presidency College participated in the competition section of the event in various categories like cooking, bartending, and table laying. Senior industry stalwarts, Chef Vijay Bhaskar, Executive Chef & F&B Manager– Le Meridian, Susan Verghese, Executive Housekeeper – Chancery pavilion, adjudged the events that revealed the talents of the enthusiastic participants.

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