Sea Games 2017 Marathon
Sukan asia tenggara 2017 officially known as the 29th southeast asian games or simply 29th sea games.
Sea games 2017 marathon. Asian games marathon 2014 duration. Diamond documentary sport 17 707 views. The 2017 southeast asian games malay.
Women marathon 4th pos jasmine goh 3 14 36 6th pos rachel see 3 46 41. I was quiet relaxed yet intense as i geared up mentally for what lay ahead 42 195km in the high heat and humidity of putrajaya malaysia against the best of south east asia. 19th august 2017 the day south east asia s best marathoners have all spent 2 years preparing for.
2 hours 18 minutes 55 seconds philippines 2007. The sea games men s marathon will serve up great and fierce competition. Let us take a look at some of the competitors that will take centre stage this saturday 19th august 2017 in kuala lumpur.
Athletics womens 10000m final. 2x sea games men marathon champion soh rui yong being flanked with ghana segaran sa cross country road running chairman and athletics team manager yip renkai. The marathon event was announced to be dropped from the sea games due to lack of participation from participating countries.
This caused an uproar and drew much criticism from the running community but after an appeal the olympic council of malaysia not only agreed to its inclusion but a marathon for all is proposed. This was the sixth time that malaysia hosted the games and its first time. The men s athletics competitions at the 2017 southeast asian games in kuala lumpur took place at bukit jalil national stadium in kuala lumpur.
The 2017 games featured competitions in 23 events 12 track 2 road 8 field and 1 combined. Athlete team who have qualified during the period 1august 2016 to 31december 2016 for their individual event based on 2015 sea games 3rd placing mark must do a performance test in any saa sanction competition during the period from 1 january 2017 to 31 may 2017. Men marathon gold soh rui yong 2 29 27 7th pos mok ying ren 2 44 31.
Marathoner mok ying ren first struck gold in 2013 at the sea games while athlete soh rui yong continued the gold medal streak in 2015 and 2017. Sukan asia tenggara ke 29 or sukan sea ke 29 and commonly known as kuala lumpur 2017 was a southeast asian multi sport event that took place in kuala lumpur malaysia.
