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Celebs cheer wheelchair, senior citizens' marathon
Sunday January 15, 2012 09:52:54 AM,
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Ninth edition of Mumbai marathon kicks off
Over 39,000
people early Sunday kicked off the ninth edition of Standard
Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012 from the Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus (CST) in south Mumbai.
Star participants like model-actor Milind Soman who runs the full
marathon
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Mumbai: Bollywood
actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Shabana Azmi cheered to support the
physically challenged participants and senior citizens as the
Wheelchair Event and the Senior Citizens' Run was flagged off here
Sunday during the ninth edition of Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon 2012.
As many as 1,800 people participated in the Senior Citizens' Run
and 200 in the Wheelchair Event which started from the Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus (CST) in south Mumbai and will culminate after
covering a distance of 4.3 km near Metro Cinema.
Twenty five differently-abled students of the School for the
Education of the Crippled (SEC) caught attention of many as they
participated in the Wheelchair Event despite various physical
disabilities including cerebral palsy and congenital defects.
Aged between 12 and 15 years, the students were accompanied by
alumni and staff members to raise awareness about the treatment of
the physically challenged in the city.
Actors Anil Kapoor and Gulshan Grover were all cheers for the
participants of the Senior Citizens' Run. Tina Ambani, who
promotes the cause of better lifestyle for senior citizens through
her magazine Harmony, also cheered for the elderly.
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