Army Sports Institute's Gopi T (2:13:39), Srinu B (2:14:59) and Anish Thapa (2:16:41) have been preparing for the event with an eye on the national record. In the process, they hope to achieve the qualification mark of 2:08.10 for the Olympics too
India's top runners will line up along with over 19,000 athletes in the ninth edition of the New Delhi Marathon on Sunday hoping to win a ticket to the Paris Olympics later this year
Abhishek, who won the previous edition of the World 10K Bengaluru, with a time of 30:05, will face formidable competition from the likes of Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh, both of whom finished just behind the winner