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Jason crossing the starting line of Ironkids. — Photos: Ironman Malaysia

“JIAYOU, jiayou!” Despite the deafening cheer from onlookers lining the final stretch of Ironkids Desaru Coast 2023 last month, all 12-year-old Jason Nurtanio had in mind was ice cream.

“He had been chanting ‘ice cream, ice cream’ non-stop for the second half of the 1.9km run course, and when he refused to run, I had to pull and remind him about the ice cream that was supposedly waiting for him at the finish line,” says his mother, Endang Irawati.

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