In Pics: Ashwini Ponnappa, Subrata Paul & Other Stars at World Run

Badminton player - Ashwini Ponnappa, Goalkeeper - Subrata Paul and other stars take part in Wings For Life World Run.
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Subrata Paul (L), Ashwini Ponnappa (C), CS Santosh (R) get ready for the Wings For Life World Run. (Photo: Red Bull)
Subrata Paul (L), Ashwini Ponnappa (C), CS Santosh (R) get ready for the Wings For Life World Run. (Photo: Red Bull)
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The Wings For Life World Run event was held at Ahmedabad on Sunday. It is a unique run which takes place simultaneously across 34 different locations globally.

This run has no finish line instead there was a catcher car which chased the runners. And the runners kept getting eliminated once the car passed them.

There were 1263 runners in the event, which included badminton player - Ashwini Ponnappa, Indian Goalkeeper - Subrata Paul and Local TV Actress - Aashka Goradia.

There were 900 runners from the Gujarat Police as well.

Indian Motosport Racer - Aditya Patel and India’s foremost off-road rally racer - CS Santosh were the drivers of the catcher car.

All the proceeds from the event will be transferred to the Wings for Life Foundation, which is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for spinal cord injury.

CS Santosh Leads the Way in the Starting Line

(Photo: Red Bull)

Participants Beat the Heat in Ahmedabad

(Photo: Red Bull)

Atheletes on Their Way

(Photo: Red Bull)
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The Catcher Car Eliminates a Runner

(Photo: Red Bull)

The Last Man Standing - Titus Kariuki Wanderi Githu

(Photo: Red Bull)

The Female Champion - Kiranjit Kaur

(Photo: Red Bull)

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Published: 10 May 2016,02:35 PM IST

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