Tata Steel is organizing Half Marathon here on January 08, 2017 to celebrate National Youth Sports Day. This annual event is being organized for the second year in a row.
The event will cover a distance of 21.1 km. Starting from Kalinga stadium, the participants will run towards Khandagiri square and return to end at the starting point. Apart from the 21.1 kms Half Marathon, 10 Kms run for institutions, colleges and corporate houses and 5 kms run for school students (upto 12th standard) will be organized.
State-of- the-art technology consisting of Timing Mats and its control units, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips, split timing mats on route, tracking camera, wi-fi network on route as per international standard will be used to ensure a world standard conduct of the marathon.