new delhi indias only individual olympic gold medallist shooter abhinav bindra on friday said the airtel delhi half marathon will set a benchmark for other sports to follow as it is being held amid the covid19 pandemicsome of the worlds top runners including defending champions andamlak belihu and tsehay gemechu both of ethiopia will take part in the adhm 2020 on sundayone of the first global sporting events to be hosted by india during the covid19 pandemic the half marathon will see the elite runners begin at the jawaharlal nehru stadium while the amateurs from across the globe will join via the exclusive mobile appthe adhm 2020 is a very significant moment for indian sports since the pandemic started our athletes have resumed training but we have to get them in the competitive space again bindra who is the event ambassador of adhm 2020 said during a press conference on friday this is a very important step towards resuming competitive sports in india this event would be a benchmark for other sports to follow in the future said the 38yearold who won a 10m air rifle gold in 2008 olympicsspeaking about the amateur runners participating from remote locations bindra said this era forces us to embrace technology more and innovate more sports needs technology and innovation to survive a challenging situation we have to adapt to the situationasked about his own tryst with running bindra said that it was a vital part of his training regime during his days as a shooteri picked up the sport of shooting because i thought i didnt have to move but to succeed in shooting i had to run quite a bit running helped me to sustain pressure in a competition so it was a very important part of my training regimebindra said the airtel delhi half marathon will help in uniting peoplebringing in more solidarity is important at the moment each one of the runners participating in adhm 2020 has a good role to play in uniting people and the community he said