Goa River Marathon 2011 - A brief report The Goa River Marathon 2011 (foreign category) was won by Hillary Kiputo Too, a policeman from Nairobi. He completed the 21Km race with a timming of 01.07.24. During the award ceremony Hillary Kiputo Too said “ The Goa River Marathon route is fabulous and I enjoyed running in Goa”. The women's category was won by Sangeeta Yadav. Indian Soji Mathew from Kerala came in second ( 01.07.34) and Roland Ngigi also from Nairobi ( 01.08.22) came in third. That an Indian runner could compete with amongst the top runners from Africa holds a ray of hope that next year the top three might be Indians. Thousands turned up at Baina beach, Vasco for the Goa River Marathon 2011. The entire city of Vasco da Gama wore a festive look. Music, DJs and brass bands added to the adrenalin of the participants. The organizers of Goa River Marathon 2011 fulfilled there promise of a "bigger and better event". There were over 700 runners for the 21KM event and several thousand for the walk - run. This year the organizers of Goa River Marathon 2011 added a new category - 21Km Corporate Relay and it was won by the staff of Putzmeister Concrete Machine with staff from Goa Shipyard securing second place. Managing Director of Zuari Industries Limited, Shri Naveen Kapoor flagged off the half marathon. Shri V. M. Prabhudesai, Executive Director, SAG, flagged off the corporate event and NRB Group Chairman Narayan Rajaram Bandekar, flagged off the 5km fun walk. The winners were awarded Rs 70,000 each and trophy, runners- up Rs 40,000 and trophy and third place Rs 25000. Results of the Goa River Marathon 2011 in brief: Men open: Hillary Kiputo Too ( 01.07.24), Soji Mathew ( 01.07.34), Roland Ngigi ( 01.08.22). Women open: Sangeeta Yadav ( 1.30.34), Rajashri Patil ( 01.30.40), Rebecca Pinto ( 01.47.07). Fastest Indian man open: Pramsingh Sri Ramesh Si ( 01.09.41). Fastest Indian woman open: Nilam Rajpy ( 01.35.05). Fastest Goan man open: Francisco Clement ( 01.19.43). Fastest Goan woman open: Rosaria Rebelo ( 02: 16.44). Top three veteran men: Srinath S ( 01.33.17), Narendra Kumar ( 01.33.28), Sabhajeet Yadav ( 01.34.16). Top three veteran women: Sweta Bharat Gade ( 02: 10: 12), Lorraine Wells ( Germany) ( 02: 20: 17), Jaya Kulkarni ( 02: 33: 34). Top two corporate open relay: Putzmeister Concrete Machine ( 1: 38: 13), Goa Shipyard ( 01: 53: 04). Corporate women relay: SBI ( 02: 18: 15). Click here for detailed results