Kyui John of Kenya has won the Third Nagpur International Marathon clocking the record timing of two hours fifteen minutes and twenty seconds. He was closely followed by his Ethiopian rival Afework Ayele Kibret who clocked two hours fifteen minutes and thirty two seconds while another Kenyan runner Sumbei Fredrick came third with the timing of two hours sixteen minutes and one second. The third version of the event arranged by the International Day for Non-Violence Organising Committee and Maratha Lancers in Nagpur was totally dominated by the African athletes mainly comprising participants from Kenya and Ethiopia . The Indian challenge was headed by Vipul Kataria who registered the timing of two hours twenty nine minutes and nine seconds to take twentieth position while Dattatraya Jaibhaye followed him with two hours twenty nine minutes and forty two seconds. In the half-marathon for the women, Muia Jane Mwikali of Kenya won the race with the timing of one hour thirteen minutes and thirteen seconds. She was closely followed by her compatriots Muthio Kimuyu who clocked one hour thirteen minutes and fifteen seconds and Adimas Kasahun Mamo with one hour thirteen minutes and forty seven seconds. Kavita Raut finished thirteenth and first among the Indian athletes in the event clocking her best timing of one hour nineteen minutes and twenty three seconds. The race was flagged off in the presence of a host of dignitaries including Maharashtra Chief Ministyer Mr. Prithviraj Chavan and Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mr. Mukul Wasnik. Union Minister for Rural Development Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Maharashtra Minister for Cultural Affairs Mr. Sanjay Deotale, Guardian Minister Mr. Shivajirao Moghe and Boxing Champion Mr. Vijender Singh and other prominent personalities from various disciplines of sports and music were also present at the awards ceremony. The meg-event organised for promotion of the culture of peace and non-violence evoked overwhelming response from the Nagpurians and around one lakh persons including sixty five foreign athletes participated in the event.