KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 (Bernama) -- National track and field athlete G. Sivaneshwaran stunned the field in his marathon debut by clinching the men’s 42-kilometre (km) title at the SCORE Marathon 2025 held in Putrajaya today.
Running his first-ever full marathon, Sivaneshwaran surged ahead in the final kilometres to win the flagship race in 2 hours 48 minutes and 8 seconds (s) (2:48:08s), crossing the finish line ahead of Lim Kok Leong (2:51:00s) and Muhamad Naqib Haikal Abdul Rahman (2:51:28s).
The seasoned long-distance runner, who won bronze in 10,000m at the 2018 Asean University Games, credited months of intense preparation for his unexpected victory.
"All I wanted was to qualify for a marathon race in Vietnam this December, where my running club would sponsor my trip. They required me to do a sub-three hours.
“The hard work paid off. I was training three to four months for this race. I did many long runs, spent hours working out in the gym. It’s really satisfying" he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, in the women's division, local runner Lee Siok Chin delivered an impressive performance to emerge as the fastest woman of the day in 3:17:17s.
The seasoned distance runner broke away early and maintained a consistent pace to outrun Vietnam’s Vu Khanh Linh who crossed the line second in 3:21:54s, followed by Malaysia’s Diana Qistina Redza in third place with a time of 3:35:53s.
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