1. Core Announcement
- We have hired legendary track-and-field star Carl Lewis as the International Event Ambassador of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2025.
- He will then officially start the race at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 12, 2025 in this capacity.
2. The Legacy of Carl Lewis
- Carl Lewis is unanimously considered to be one of the greatest sportsmen of all times.
- He has participated in four consecutive Olympic Games (1984-1996) and received an astounding nine gold medals, the most by a track and field athlete in the history of the modern Olympics.
- His legendary performance at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles when he won four gold medals (100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay) rivaled the legendary performance of Jesse Owens in 1936.
- He is the only among the three Olympians who have won the same individual event (long jump) in four consecutive Games.
3. Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon of 2014-2015.
- It is an annual World Athletics Gold Label Road Race which was first hosted in 2005.
- It is one of the leading sporting events in India which brings about both international and amateur runners in a mass participation event.
- The 2025 edition has IDFC FIRST Bank as the Associate Sponsor.
Month: Current Affairs - October 08, 2025
Category: APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS