Subhechcha Ganguly
The Boston Marathon is an event that holds a great importance in the life of Marathoners. This event was initiated in 1897. A lot of people say that this event came into existence after the successful event of 1896 Summer Olympics. The number of participants however keep changing in different years but as many as 20,000 participants have participated in this Marathon so far. A lot of runners participate just to raise amount for several charity and several organizations. Previous year this event did not take place due to the existing covid scenarios. However, this year a lot of Indian runners enrolled in this competition.
This year many runners have participated in the competition. The tally is 28759 years so far. Around 119 countries participated, 110 runners have got selected from India. Runners from several districts like Kolkata, Kalaburagi, Delhi NCR, Surat, Pune are participating in the Boston Marathon.
By Subhechcha Ganguly
