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Steve Shanks, from Nottingham, was an experienced runner who finished the race in two hours, 53 minutes, 26 seconds.
Madhusmita Jena, 41, covered over 42-km over the course of four hours and 50 minutes in her brightly coloured saree and sneakers on Sunday, a feat being showcased across social media since then.
In September 2018, Kranti Salvi set a Guinness World Record, running the Berlin Marathon in a Nauvari (Maharashtrian-style saree).
The event will be held in three categories – five and 10 km runs in the general category, five kilometer for the the 45-plus age group and 2 kms for those aged below 16.
The Ethiopian set a new championship record with his gold-medal performance.
The event was held in collaboration with the multinational IT firm IBS Software, and was organised to bring together family and youth, after the recess created by COVID-19.
It will be held on May 29 in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode districts
The world record holder has now won four Olympic medals overall, having also taken 5,000m silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004.
Twenty-one people died of hypothermia when extremely cold weather suddenly descended on a government-organised 100 km marathon on May 22 in the rugged northwestern province of Gansu.
The participants suffered from physical discomfort and loss of temperature, hypothermia, due to the sudden drop in temperature.