ranchi around 8000 people from across the country and abroad took part in the fourth edition of ranothon half marathon here on sunday organised by the department of tourism arts culture and youth affairs in association with round table india the run from morhabadi grounds till national university of study and research in law in kanke was aimed at paying tributes to martyrs of pulwama terror attack and promote healthy livingthe event was held under four categories 21km and 10km each for men and women 5km for participants of all age groups and 21km for foreigners the winners and runnersup of all the categories were awarded with cash prizekaran singh an army jawan from haryana came first in 21km mens category followed by anish thapa of meghalaya in the second position and rajasthans harishankar sharma in the third spot the top three winners were awarded rs 2 lakh rs 1 lakh and rs 50000 as cash prizedimple singh uttar pradesh emerged the winner of the 21km womens half marathon followed by jyoti singh also from up and shyamali singh jharkhands seraikela they too were awarded cash prize promised for the top three meanwhile kenyan longdistance runner stephen kosgei and ethiopian athlete etsegenet finished first in the foreigners men and womens category and bagged cash prize of rs 100000 eachthere were some lapses on part of the oranisers to host the halfmarathon in ranchi but overall it was a great initiative i hope the organisers get the event affiliated to the world marathon body next year kosgei saidthe winners and runners up of 10km men and womens category received cash prize of rs 75000 and rs 50000 eachsports minister amar kumar bauri secretary rahul sharma and director anil kumar felicitated the winners