·
International
athletes Kennedy Kiproo Lilan and Mugo Hellen Wanjiku bags Full Marathon Men’s
& Women’s category
·
Local
athletes Muhaizar Mohamad and Loh Chooi Fern wins Full Marathon Men’s &
Women’s category
Kuala
Lumpur, 13 Oct 2014
– After another impressive race, the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014 proudly announced
its winners for its sixth installation today.
Kennedy
Kiproo Lilan and Mugo Hellen Wanjiku, both from
Kenya were named champions with respective times of 02:17:47 and 02:43:22.
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| Kennedy Kiproo Lilan, Full Marathon Men’s Open Category winner for fourth in a row |
Expressing
his excitement, Kennedy said, “I am very excited for my personal achievement at
the Standard Chartered KL Marathon today, despite the rather challenging new
route. But what mattered most to me was that everything turned out great in the
end, and I am very thankful for that.”
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| Participants flagging off at the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014 |
Meanwhile
sharing her joy, Hellen said, “I am very thrilled because this is my first
Standard Chartered KL Marathon and I won the race! I have been overtaken
several times but I kept pushing myself until I crossed the finish line, and
the feeling was surreal.”
The Full
Marathon Men’s Open category took home the first runner-up medal with a time of
02:17:48 which went to Geoffery
Birgen of Kenya, just ahead of Chelimo
Luka Kipkemoi from Kenya with 02:18:45. Demes Alemtsehay Mesfin from Kenya was
the second to cross the line in the Women’s Full Marathon with a time of 02:43:59, while Ruth Chemisto Matebo finished
third 02:44:32.
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| Malaysian Full Marathon Men’s Category Winner, Muhaizar Mohammad at 02:41:11 |
Malaysian
Full Marathoners were not far behind with Muhaizar Mohamad earning the Full
Marathon Malaysian Men’s Title and Loh Chooi Fern taking the Malaysian Women’s category with a time of 02:41:11and 3:25:52
respectively.
Both the
male and female Malaysian winners for the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014
are part of the Dirigo Atheletes Development Programme which aims to develop a
corp of world-class running talent within the country.
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| YB En. Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Youth & Sports Malaysia finishing the 10KM Speed Category at 00:59:19 |
At the
press conference with the winners, Rainer Biemans, Director of Dirigo Events,
owner and organizer of Standard Chartered KL Marathon said, “The runners have
really taken to the challenge of the new route and we’re delighted with how the
route has worked out for them. It’s a
good shift for us and for them in keeping the race fresh as well as challenging.”
A
16 per cent increase from the previous marathon, the prize package offered this
year amounted to USD 116,740 (approximately RM376, 524).
This year, the Standard Chartered KL Marathon introduced a new route for
the event. Some 35,200 runners took off from Dataran Merdeka and Jalan Tunku
Abdul Rahman throughout Race Day. The new route took runners to the some of the
busiest highways of the city namely the Duta-Ulu Klang (DUKE) Highway and the
Ampang Elevated Highway (AKLEH).
Another
additional feature is winners of the MSIG 10km category Open Champion were also
awarded a pair of tickets to Osaka, Japan courtesy of gold sponsor, MSIG
Insurance.
Flag off
was conducted by YBhg. Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal bin Talib, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur.
Other dignitaries present at the
marathon were YB. En. Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Youth and Sports, YBhg.
Tan Sri Datuk Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim, Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank
Malaysia Berhad, Mr. Osman Morad, Managing Director and CEO of Standard
Chartered Bank Malaysia, Yoichiro Ueno-san, CEO of Honda Malaysia and Mr. Chua
Seck Guan, CEO, MSIG Insurance.
In
support of the event, the Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia, Y.B En. Khairy
Jamaluddin took on the 10km Speed category. Khairy successfully completed the
race within one hour time frame, setting an outstanding example to the
Malaysian public.
“The
Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014 is indeed an impressive and well planned
event. I am happy that I am fit enough to join and finish this event. Training
for this race not only requires discipline but as the tagline for this year’s
marathon goes – Committed. Confident. Courageous. Recently, I have launched a
programme called Fit Malaysia which aims to drive Malaysians to lead a healthy
lifestyle and for Malaysia to be a sporting nation one day. The Ministry of
Youth and Sports and its agencies support these kinds of events and I urge all
Malaysians to take part in various sporting events such as today’s to maintain
a healthy lifestyle,” said Khairy.
Organised
by Dirigo Events, the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014 is made successful
with the support from title sponsor Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia and gold
sponsors including MSIG Insurance and Honda Malaysia. Official partners of the
event are Seiko, Brooks, 100 Plus, Pacific Regency and savemoney.my. Suppliers
of the events are Salonpas, PowerBar, Repucom, 2XU, Swim Bike Run Magazine
Malaysia, GP Batteries
The event is also co-organised by Kuala Lumpur
City Hall (DBKL) and Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia. The Standard
Chartered KL Marathon 2014 is sanctioned and supported by Malaysia Athletics
Federation (MAF), Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur Athletic Federation (FTKLAA),
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Association of
International Marathons, Distance Races (AIMS).
Winners of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014
Full Marathon Men’s Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Kennedy
Kiproo Lilan
|
Kenya
|
02:17:47
|
|
2nd
|
Geoffrey
Birgen
|
Kenya
|
02:17:48
|
|
3rd
|
Chelimo
Luka Kipkemoi
|
Kenya
|
02:18:45
|
Full Marathon Women’s Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Mugo
Hellen Wanjiku
|
Kenya
|
|
|
2nd
|
Demes
Alemtsehay Mefsin
|
Kenya
|
02:43:59
|
|
3rd
|
Ruth
Chemisto Matebo
|
Kenya
|
02:44:32
|
Full Marathon Malaysian Men
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Muhaizar
Mohamad
|
Malaysia
|
02:41:11
|
|
2nd
|
Shaharudin
Hashim
|
Malaysia
|
02:46:24
|
|
3rd
|
Tan
Huong Leong
|
Malaysia
|
02:47:23
|
Full Marathon Malaysian Women
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Loh
Chooi Fern
|
Malaysia
|
03:25:52
|
|
2nd
|
Yuan Yu
Fang
|
Malaysia
|
03:34:27
|
|
3rd
|
Adele
Wong Li-Peng
|
Malaysia
|
03:35:07
|
Full Marathon Veteran Men
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Jonah
Kipserem Tarus
|
Kenya
|
02:28:11
|
|
2nd
|
Charles
Kimingi Thaiya
|
Kenya
|
02:37:56
|
|
3rd
|
David
Kuino
|
Kenya
|
02:40:59
|
Full Marathon Veteran Women
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Margeret
Njuguna
|
Kenya
|
03:03:36
|
|
2nd
|
Takeuchi
Keiko
|
Japan
|
03:22:41
|
|
3rd
|
Chotip
Kan-Uam
|
Thailand
|
03:22:53
|
Honda Half Marathon Men Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Peter
Kipleting Keter
|
Kenya
|
01:06:48
|
|
2nd
|
James
Maregu
|
Kenya
|
01:07:48
|
|
3rd
|
Paul
Kimani Kiragu
|
Kenya
|
01:09:00
|
Honda Half Marathon Women Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Jackline
Musyawa Nzvio
|
Kenya
|
01:20:01
|
|
2nd
|
Peninah
Kigen
|
Kenya
|
01:20:50
|
|
3rd
|
Kiguru
Mary Wangui
|
Kenya
|
01:22:03
|
Honda Half Marathon Men Veteran
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Jean-Pierre
LautReDoux
|
France
|
01:16:07
|
|
2nd
|
Mizukoshi
Tomohiro
|
Japan
|
01:19:51
|
|
3rd
|
Mark
Williams
|
Great
Britain
|
01:20:26
|
Honda Half Marathon Women Veteran
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Tani
Mami
|
Japan
|
01:30:00
|
|
2nd
|
Joanna
Louise Dent
|
Australia
|
01:32:33
|
|
3rd
|
Rachel
Pepper
|
New
Zealand
|
01:39:04
|
10km Speed Men Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Andri
Dauni
|
Malaysia
|
00:36:53
|
|
2nd
|
Tim
Garret
|
Australia
|
00:37:02
|
|
3rd
|
Chew
Jee Keng
|
Singapore
|
00:38:08
|
10km Speed Women Open
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Emebet
Hailu Mulate
|
Ethiopia
|
00:39:38
|
|
2nd
|
Sheela
A/P Samivellu
|
Malaysia
|
00:40:02
|
|
3rd
|
Jessica
Ng Sze Chia
|
Malaysia
|
00:52:16
|
10km Speed Men Veteran
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Prabakharan
A/L Madhavan
|
Malaysia
|
00:37:31
|
|
2nd
|
Lim
Khon Seng, Casey
|
Malaysia
|
00:38:52
|
|
3rd
|
Chai
Yit Shang
|
Malaysia
|
00:42:27
|
10km Speed Women Veteran
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Lai
Yook Ching
|
Malaysia
|
00:50:24
|
|
2nd
|
Tan Pei
Ling
|
Malaysia
|
00:50:53
|
|
3rd
|
Tina
Munro
|
Great
Britain
|
00:51:27
|
Corporate Challenge
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Mercedes-Benz
Malaysia
|
02:44:51
|
|
|
2nd
|
Hwang
Investment Management
|
02:58:05
|
|
|
3rd
|
Curtin
University, Sarawak Campus
|
03:00:48
|
Ministries Challenge
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Jabatan
Pengairan Dan Saliran Malaysia
|
02:46:16
|
|
|
2nd
|
Kementerian
Sumber Asli Dan Alam Sekitar
|
03:00:34
|
|
|
3rd
|
Jabatan
Imegresen Malaysia
|
03:06:32
|
Universities Challenge
|
Position
|
Name
|
Country
|
Time
|
|
1st
|
Taylor’s
College Sri Hartamas
|
02:32:34
|
|
|
2nd
|
Methodist
College Kuala Lumpur
|
02:41:49
|
|
|
3rd
|
Monash
University Malaysia
|
02:51:43
|
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