The king of Marathon sprint Haile Gebrselassie will be the brand ambassador of 10th edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, to be run on January 20, 2013.
Promoters Procam International Thursday announced it at Mumbai.
According to Procam International, the official promoter of Marathans in India today announced that world's greatest long distance athlete and global sporting icon Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie would be the brand ambassador of USD 350,000 prize money Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Haile will be in Mumbai from Thursday, January 17 till event day and hopes to inspire the younger generation of Indian athletes to work hard for glory. Coming from an impoverished background, Haile today stands on the pinnacle of success, following up his exploits on the tack and road with sound business acumen.
"I am looking forward to my first visit to India, especially because I will be associated with the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. I am looking forward to inspire all the runners in the marathon. For me it is always important to inspire the younger generation to be involved with running. I hope my visit and my history in athletics can also inspire the future Indian top athletes," said Haile in his message.
Haile Gebrselassie, winner of two Olympic Gold Medals (10,000m, 1996, 2000), four World Championship Gold medals (10,000m) and four World Indoor Championship Gold medals (3000m & 1500m), has 27 World records to his credit.
After bidding adieu to his career on track, Haile crowned himself the 'King' of the Road' in September 2008, when, at the age of 35, he won the Berlin Marathon with a world record time of 2:03.59, breaking his own world record by 27 seconds.
Some of the luminaries who have been event ambassadors in the past include names like Michael Johnson, Mike Powell, Linford Christie, Paul Tergat, Steve Ovett, Gail Devers, Dame Kelly Holmes, Dan O'Brien, Cathy Freeman, Kapil Dev and Vijay Amritraj to name a few.
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