PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has the slowest marathon runners worldwide, according to a study. In the study, Malaysia was placed 'the slowest in half marathons (HM, 21km) and (full) marathons (FM, 42.195km). The graphs showed in the study, showed Malaysia clocking in at an average of 2 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds for HM, and 5 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds for FM. In the study for slowest nations in HM, Malaysia is joined by Thailand (02:24:56) and Vietnam (02:30:20), while Vietnam (05:19:34) and the Philippines (05:25:35) are amongst the slowest nations in the FM category. The Star decided to compare the results of top Malaysian runners for both FM and HM categories in two events: The Penang Bridge International Marathon 2018 and Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2018.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 06:56 UTC