Overview
- Event organizers and media reported roughly 1,140 differently-abled participants across the races on Sunday.
- Visually impaired runners used a buddy-guide system backed by HEED India, with structured preparation covering pacing, exercises, diet and route practice.
- Kapil Sahu, who is partially blind, completed the full 42.195 km marathon in 4 hours 45 minutes with guide runner Manish Jain.
- A designated 1.6 km course supported first-time entrants such as Rupesh Thakur, who finished with assistance from Om Dubey.
- Longtime participants Satyaprakash Tiwari and Manoj Khaire marked two decades at the event, with Khaire noting disability entries have grown sharply since the early years.
- On-site medical teams handled over 2,400 mostly minor cases such as cramps and dehydration, with hospitals reporting several treatments and one ICU admission.