Ethiopian athlete Yalemzerf Yehualaw runs towards the finish line to win the women’s 2020 Airtel Delhi half marathon in New Delhi.
NEW DELHI: Elite runners brushed off poor air quality and a surge in coronavirus cases Sunday in India’s capital for the Delhi Half Marathon, one of the country’s first major sporting events since the pandemic started.
Forty-seven professional runners hit the 21-kilometre course in the men’s and women’s event, while amateur participants raced between Wednesday and Sunday to prevent overcrowding.
The route was sprayed with chemicals to minimise the effect of Delhi’s annual toxic smog, which blankets the megacity in winter due to traffic and industrial pollution, crop stubble burning and cold temperatures.
The air quality index — which monitors tiny PM2.5 and PM10 particles…
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