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CWG 2022: Nitendra Singh Rawat Finishes 12th In Men's Marathon

India's Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 12th in the men's marathon race in the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. The 35-year-old Rawat clocked 2 hour 19 minutes and 22 seconds in the race won by Uganda's Victor Kiplangat (2:10:55). Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu (2:12:29) and Kenya's Michael Mugo Githae (2:13:16) took the silver and bronze respectively. Rawat has a personal best of 2:16:05 he had clocked at the New Delhi Marathon in March. He was eight minutes 27 seconds behind the gold winner.

Kiplangat delivers Uganda's first-ever Commonwealth Games marathon title

The 22-year-old barely put a foot wrong until his moment of confusion but he regathered himself and timed 2hr 10min 55sec, coming home with a broad grin on his face. "The people riding the motorcycles were confusing me," he said. "They told me to turn back.

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CWG 2022: Nitendra Singh Rawat Finishes 12th In Men's Marathon

Kiplangat delivers Uganda's first-ever Commonwealth Games marathon title

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