Study: Malaysia is the slowest marathon nation

By BERNARD CHEAH
  • Nation

  • Wednesday, 05 Jun 2019

Participants of Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2017. -The Star filepic

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has the slowest marathon runners worldwide, according to a study.

The State of Running 2019 study carried out by athletic shoe review site Run Repeat and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), analysed some 107.9 million race results from over 70,000 events.

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