More than 38000 runners celebrate anniversary of popular KL Marathon

(Above) An aerial view of the start of the Full Marathon at the heart of Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur.

More than 38,000 runners descended on Dataran Merdeka to take part in and celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon (SCKLM).

Cosmas Matolo Muteti, from Kenya, won the Full Marathon Men’s Open category for the second year running, successfully defending his title in a time of 2:16:47 while the Full Marathon Women’s Open category was won by Elizabeth Chepkanan Rumokol, also from Kenya, in a time of 2:38:48.