Runners from Belagavi crossed the finish line at the Ironman 70.3 in Goa on November 1, and one of them set the fastest pace in the local group. Tejas Patil recorded the fastest finish among participants from Belagavi, completing the event in 6 hours, 20 minutes and 8 seconds.

Not every athlete raced the same way. Multiple-time Ironman finishers Santosh Shanbhag and Mayura Shivalikar took on individual events, while other members of the group joined them in relay events. That mix of solo endurance and shared effort gave the Belagavi contingent a range of roles on race day.

The full Belagavi group

Parashram Gore, Rahul A. M., Pruthviraj Pawardesai, Balchandra Dori, Akshay Siddannavar and Netra Sutar also completed the event from Belagavi. Devi Chandrasekhar and Priya Krishna joined the group, rounding out a team that finished the race together in Goa.

Tejas Patil recorded the fastest finish among participants from Belagavi, completing the event in 6 hours, 20 minutes, and 8 seconds.

The race left a visual record too. A photograph of Dr. Sreedevi Warrier at Ironman 70.3 in Goa was supplied for the report, placing a face to the event on the course.

Why this finish stands out

Finishing a race of this kind is a feat that depends on months of preparation, discipline and the willingness to keep moving when the body wants to stop. For a group from Belagavi, the Goa result puts local names on a major endurance stage. Several of the athletes are already experienced in the sport, and their presence in both individual and relay formats shows how the community is building depth, not just a single standout.

The results were published on November 3, two days after the race. For the athletes named in the report, that gap is simply the time it took for the story to catch up with the effort. For readers, it is a reminder that some of the most remarkable physical achievements happen in races that rarely make headlines, run by people who train quietly and finish strong.

Tejas Patil’s time of 6 hours, 20 minutes and 8 seconds will be the number that travels furthest from this race. Behind it sits a group of runners who turned a weekend in Goa into a result their city can point to with pride.