Ø Grace Cancer Foundation hosts the largest cancer run across 4 continents, 4 countries & 10 cities
Ø The theme of the run is ‘Let us outrun cancer’
Ø Microsoft backs the global event to prevent cancer through awareness
Hyderabad – The World’s largest Cancer Awareness Run – ‘CANcer RUN‘ with over 20000 runners participating across 4 continents, 4 countries and 10 cities, was flagged off at Necklace Road, on Sunday. The run with the theme ‘Let us outrun cancer’ was organised by Grace Cancer Foundation, was sponsored by Microsoft. The Race was in three different categories of 2k fun walk/run, 5k run/walk and 10k timed run. The run had 10000 participants in Hyderabad alone and another 10000 running across the continents of Asia, North America, Australia and South America, in the cities of Mumbai, Los Angeles, Sydney, Santiago in Chile, Nashik, Davangere, Nizamabad, Kakinada and Jonnalagadda.
Shri V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad; flagged-off the run; Mr Rajeswar Rao, MLC and Shri D Prabhakar Rao, CMD, Transco and GENCO; graced the occasion. The organisers of the run, Shri Sujata Rao, IPS, IG Retd & Chairman, Grace Cancer Foundation; Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Founder & CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation and Dr Hemanth Vudayaraju, Robotic Surgical Oncologist, were also present on the occasion. The winners of the run in the open category were, amongst males were Winner Mr Ramesh B; First Runner up Mr Satender Singh and Second Runner up Mr Madhusudhan K; in women’s category Winner is Ms Navya V; First Runner up Ms Thirupathamma and Second Runner up is Ms Lovneet S.
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