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Mumbai marathon gains IAAF recognition

Mumbai: The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, to be run on January 20 next year, would be held under the banner of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), according to its promoters Procam.

“From the fifth edition onwards the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon would be run under the IAAF banner following its recognition of the event. It would be among a handful of silver label events to be conducted by the IAAF,” said Procam’s Vivek Singh at a media conference on Wednesday.

“The Mumbai marathon received the awarding of the IAAF silver label from its Road Running Co-ordinator Sean Wallace-Jones. For it to gain the IAAF’s recognition it had to fulfil many stringent conditions. — PTI

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