Airtel Hyderabad Marathon Expo & SportExpo India Inaugurated today
L V Revanth, Indian Idol winner, a renowned Singer inaugurates Marathon Expo & SportExpo India 2018
SportExpo India is a 3-day exhibition on Sports, Fitness & Wellness products & services
Over 100 reputed brands on display with Sports Arena to try different equipment
August 25 – 5K Run; August 26 – 10K, Half Marathon (21.1K) & Full Marathon (42.2K)
Hyderabad, 24th August 2018: Hyderabad Runners Society and Bharti Airtel together with the Govt. of Telangana inaugurated the Marathon Expo for the 8th Edition of the Airtel Hyderabad Marathon. The 3-day Marathon Expo is being held along with SportExpo India 2018, India’s Premier Sport Expo featuring latest Sports, Fitness & Wellness Products and Services being organized by HITEX Exhibition Center in partnership with Hyderabad Runners.
L V Revanth, Indian Idol winner, a renowned singer – Airtel Hyderabad Marathon graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and inaugurated the Marathon Expo and SportExpo India 2018. All registered runners in the Airtel Hyderabad Marathon 2018 race across 4 categories will collect their BIB and kit bags. Runners registered for Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K runs can collect their bibs on August 24 between 10.00 am to 7pm & between 9 am to 6 pm on August 25; while runners registered for 5K Run need to collect on August 24th only between 10.00 am to 7pm.
SportExpo India 2018 is a premium and exclusive 3-day event on Sports, India’s Premier Sport Expo featuring latest Sports, Fitness & Wellness Products and Services at HITEX Exhibition Center. The Expo is specifically designed to showcase all of the latest technology, sports equipment, facilities, services and nutrition to help individuals and fitness enthusiasts to enhance their health and lifestyles and there are Over 100 reputed brands; products and services on display with interactive sessions and Sports Arena.
The Government of Telangana is actively supporting the annual sporting event organized by the Hyderabad Runners Society, which celebrated its completion of 11 years. The 2018 edition of this annual sporting extravaganza will be held on 25th & 26th August 2018 with active participation expected to be more than 22,500 runners. The Airtel Hyderabad Marathon has encouraged participation by the State Police, Paramilitary Police & the Armed Forces in the event.
The curtain raiser – 5K Run is on Saturday August 25th and Marathon on Sunday - August 26th 2018, the 10K, Half Marathon (21.095 km) & Full Marathon (42.195 km) will take place. The marathon route will traverse the important landmarks in the city giving the runners a picturesque view of the Hussain Sagar Lake, IT & Knowledge hub of Hi-Tech City & Gachibowli while spreading the healthy lifestyle theme among Hyderabad denizens.
About Hyderabad Runners:
Airtel Hyderabad Marathon has now become synonymous with many things which are Hyderabadi. It owes the current status to the vision, passion and hard work of the members of Hyderabad Runners, the team that had introduced this mammoth racing extravaganza to the city of Hyderabad. Founded in 2007, a good four years before the Marathon began to run across Hyderabad, the group currently has over 6000+online members. The members dedicated its endeavour to inculcate community running culture in the city and roping in people from all walks of life. The baby steps covered shorter runs before the half and full marathons made their place on the map. Their mission is to promote active lifestyles amongst the public and make running as the preferred form of fitness activity in and around the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
For more details, visit: www.marathonhyderabad.com
About Bharti Airtel Limited:
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Head quartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed home broadband, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G, 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 456 million customers across its operations at the end of Jun 2018. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com
