KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Malaysia’s long distance runner, K. Prabudass broke the national Half Marathon record after clocking one hour, seven minutes and 29 seconds at the 41st Gold Coast Marathon, today.
The feat saw the Royal Malaysian Navy personnel erasing the 15-year-old national record of 1:07:59s held by former national runner, M. Arul Thevar since July 4, 2004. For the record, the 2017 Sea Games 5,000m silver medallist clocked his personal best of 14:33.10s in the second series of the Nippon Sport Science University’s athletics event in Kenshidai, Japan in May to become the all-time second best Malaysian in the event.
“For now, no plans until next event, maybe in September. After this I will be back to track competitions to prepare for the Sea Games, focusing on the 5,000m which is my favourite event.
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