Nitendra Singh Rawat finishes 12th in men's marathon at Commonwealth Games 2022

BIRMINGHAM: India's Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men's marathon event at the Commonwealth Games 2022, here on Saturday. The 35-year old marathon runner clocked 2:19:22, which was 8:27 behind gold medal winner Victor Kiplangat of Uganda (2:10:55).

Rawat's personal best is 2:16:05 at the Delhi Marathon earlier this year where the Indian long-distance runner won. Shivnath Singh owns the national record in the men's marathon with a timing of 2:12:00, set in 1978 in Jalandhar. It's India's longest-standing national record in athletics.

Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania, a world championships medallist, and Michael Githae of Kenya won silver and bronze, respectively, at Birmingham 2022. IANS

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