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News From: Monday, October 2, 2023 | ||
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KLSCM 2023: Poo Vasanthan retains title
(Citizens Journal) While Kenyans dominated the race, Poo Vasanthan defended his title as the fastest Malaysian at the 2023 Kuala Lumpur Marathon in 2:37:38 while Michelle Chua was the first Malaysian woman to finish the race in 3:13:07. | ||
News From: Sunday, October 1, 2023 | ||
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Beatrice smashes full marathon course record at 15th edition of KLSCM
(kl-marathon.com News) Kiprop Tonui won the 2023 Kuala Lumpur Marathon in 2:13:49 while Beatrice Jelagat Cherop won the women's race in 2:32:52. | ||
News From: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon: This Marathon Lets You Raise Funds For A Local Charity Of Your Choice
(Says) The 2023 Kuala Lumpur Marathon will be held on October 1. | ||
News From: Monday, May 8, 2023 | ||
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Sustainability plays huge role in upcoming KL marathon
(sportanddev.org) The 2023 Kuala Lumpur Marathon on October 1 is going green, reducing wastage and carbon footprint. | ||
News From: Monday, November 9, 2020 | ||
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KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 goes virtual amid COVID-19
(Soyacincau) The 2020 Kuala Lumpur Marathon is now a virtual race set on December 5 and 6. | ||
News From: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | ||
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KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 cancelled
(New Strait Times) The 2020 Kuala Lumpur Marathon, set on June 14, has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. | ||
News From: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | ||
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Suspect in hit-and-run incident at KL marathon arrested
(Asia One) Police arrested a 25-year old woman after she ploughed through safety barriers and injured 2 Kuala Lumpur Marathon runners. | ||
News From: Sunday, May 21, 2017 | ||
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Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2017 Race Results: Who Won?
(RunSociety) Cosmas Matolo Muteti won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon in 2:18:42 while Elizabeth Chepkanan won the women's race in 2:36:13. | ||
News From: Sunday, August 7, 2016 | ||
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Kenyan runners again romp home in Standard Chartered KL Marathon
(malaymail online) Kenyan runners dominated the Kuala Lumpur Marathon this year with Kenyan Kennedy Kiproo Lilan winning the race at 2:18:57. | ||
News From: Monday, October 5, 2015 | ||
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Malaysia shuts schools, cancels marathon amid worsening haze crisis
(Asian Correspondent) Most schools in Malaysia have shut for two days amid health concerns caused by the ongoing thick haze shrouding large parts of Southeast Asia. | ||
News From: Sunday, October 4, 2015 | ||
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Haze closes schools, halts Marathon race in Malaysia
(Global Post) The prolonged haze season continued to shroud the Malaysian peninsula on Sunday, forcing schools to be closed and a Marathon race was canceled for health concern. | ||
News From: Thursday, July 16, 2015 | ||
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Standard Chartered KL Marathon reverts to October 4
(The Malaysian) The date of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon will revert to the original October 4, announced Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on social media today. | ||
News From: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 | ||
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Runners protest change of date for Standard Chartered KL Marathon
(The Malaysian Insider) On Monday, the ministry had announced its decision to change the date of SCKL from October 4 to October 10 in order for it to concurrently run with the inaugural National Sports Day. | ||
News From: Sunday, October 12, 2014 | ||
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It's a Kenyan Clean Sweep in the Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(The Star.co.ke) Kennedy Kiproo Lilan won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with at time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 47 seconds. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 7, 2014 | ||
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Kenyans Return to Defend Kuala Lumpur Marathon Title
(The Star.co.ke) Kennedy Kiproo Lilan and Rose Chekurui Kosegi will return to defend their titles at the Kuala Lumpur Marathon on October 12. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 29, 2013 | ||
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Kenyans Make Clean Sweep of Kuala Lumpur Marathon Titles
(The Star.com) Kennedy Kiproo Lilan won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 1 second. | ||
News From: Thursday, June 27, 2013 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon Postponed to September Due to Haze
(Malaysia Chronicle) The Kuala Lumpur Marathon that was slated for this Sunday, June 30, has been postponed until September 29 due to high haze in the area. | ||
News From: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 | ||
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Fate of Kuala Lumpur Marathon to be Decided Tomorrow
(The Star Online) Haze may postpone the Kuala Lumpur Marathon scheduled for Sunday. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 21, 2013 | ||
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Overwhelming Response for Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama.com) The June 30 start of the Kuala Lumpur marathon looks to be bigger than ever with thirty-three thousand runners registered for the event. | ||
News From: Monday, February 18, 2013 | ||
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30,000 Runners Expected at Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama.com) More than thirty-thousand runners are expected to compete in the Kuala Lumpur Marathon slated for June 30 | ||
News From: Sunday, June 24, 2012 | ||
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Kenyan Runners Dominat Kuala Lumpur Marathon Top Spots
(New Straits Times) Kennedy Kiproo Lilan won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 45 seconds | ||
News From: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon Closes Registration 10 Weeks Ahead Of Race Day
(Bernama.com) Race organizers of the Kuala Lumpur Marathon have closed registration after it reached the capacity of 27,000 runners. | ||
News From: Monday, June 27, 2011 | ||
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Kenyan Runners Dominate 2011 Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(The Star) Kennedy Kiproo Lilan won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a time of 2 hours 20 minutes and 8 seconds. | ||
News From: Thursday, June 2, 2011 | ||
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22,000 Runners Sign Up For Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama.com) The Kuala Lumpur Marathon kicks off on June 26 and nearly twenty-two thousand runners have registered for the weekend's events. | ||
News From: Monday, June 28, 2010 | ||
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Death Mars Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(The Star) Over sixteen-thousand runners participated in the Kuala Lumpur Mararthon. Sadly Lim Wei Yee, 25, collapsed while competing in the race. | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon: Rotich Leads Kenyan Sweep
(New Straits Timess) Nelson Kirwa Rotich moved up one notch from last year's second place finish to claim the top spot at the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 44 seconds | ||
News From: Sunday, June 27, 2010 | ||
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Kenyan Runners Sweep Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(The Sun Daily) Nelson Kirwa Rotich led more than sixteen-thousand, five-hundred runners to win the Kuala Lumpur Marathon in course record fashion with a time of 2 hours 16 minutes and 44 seconds. | ||
Kenyans Dominate Kuala Lumpur Marahton 2010
(Bernama.com) Newlson Kirwa Rotich won the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a course record of 2 hours 16 minutes and 44 seconds. | ||
News From: Friday, June 25, 2010 | ||
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Shaharudin Determined To Break Personal Mark In Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama.com) Shaharudin Hashim is headed to the Kuala Lumpur Marathon with the goal of breaking his personal record of 2 hours 34 minutes and 24 seconds in the race to be held on Sunday. | ||
News From: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | ||
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16,5000 runners To Pound KL streets
(New Straits Times) With a 30 percent increase in registration from last year, the 2010 KL Marathon will host 16,500 runners | ||
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Running Away From Stress
(Malay Mail Online) Six upcoming participants in the 2010 Kuala Lampor Marathon discuss their training, and motivation. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | ||
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Organizers Target 18,000 Participants For Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama.com) Race organizers are targeting eighteen-thousand participants for the Kuala Lumpur Marathon which is an increase of three-thousand over last year. | ||
News From: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | ||
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Five Charity Organizations To Benefit From Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama) The Kuala Lumpur Marathon will be held on June 27 and race organizers hope to raise a significant amount of money for the "Run For A Cause" charity slogan. | ||
News From: Monday, June 29, 2009 | ||
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Kenyans Dominate Inaugural Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama) Juluis Karinga ran his first marathon and celebrated by winning the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Marathon with a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 2 seconds as Kenyans swept the top 3 positions in the race. | ||
Kuala Lumpur Marathon Runners left thirsty and frustrated
(New Straits Times) While Kenyans were busy claiming the top three places in the overall marathon, the top runner in the Kuala Lumpur five-kilometer race took some research to find our the real local winner and many runners found a shortfall of water on the course. | ||
News From: Sunday, June 28, 2009 | ||
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Kenyan runners rule Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(The Star) The Kuala Lumpur Marathon was dominated by Kenyan runners as they claimed the top three finishing spots. Juluis Karinga won the men's race in a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 2 seconds. | ||
News From: Thursday, June 25, 2009 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Set For Biggest Marathon Race On Sunday
(Bernama.com) Kuala Lumpur will host the countries largest race event which begins at Dataran Merdeka on Sunday. The twelve-thousand, five hundred participants will chase the largest cash award offered by the marathon. Lawrence Kiptoo Saina is expected to steal top honors in the men's marathon. | ||
News From: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | ||
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Registration Closed As 12,500 Sign Up For Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Bernama) The inaugural Kuala Lumpur Marathon has filled to capacity two weeks before it was scheduled to close. The marathon reached it's twelve-thousand, five-hundred runner limit with ninety-two percent of those participants coming from Malaysia. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 7, 2009 | ||
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More Than 10,000 Sign Up For KL International Marathon
(Bernama) More than 10,000 participants have already signed up for the Standard Chartered KL International Marathon scheduled for June 28, although the closing date is more than a month away. | ||
News From: Thursday, April 16, 2009 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2009 Route To Feature Famous Landmarks
(Bernama.com) The Inaugural Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon kicks off on June 28th and the course is slated to run past historical landmarks and popular tourist attractions such as the Petronas Twin Towers along a flat and fast elevation profile. | ||
News From: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon: FTAAA given the boot, Octagon to take over
(New Straits Times) The Federal Territory Amateur Athletic Association was forced out as event organizer of the Kuala Lumpur Marathon, replaced by the federal Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU), which claimed jurisdiction under a 1997 law. This year the race has become part of the Standard Charter series of sponsored marathons. | ||
News From: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | ||
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StanChart KL Marathon To Become Biggest Marathon Event In Region
(Malaysian National News Agency) The Standard Chartered KL Marathon is expecting 12,500 participants in its first year, which would make it the largest marathon in Malaysia. The route will go past a number of Kuala Lumpur landmarks and tourist attractions. | ||
News From: Monday, March 31, 2008 | ||
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Course Record and PR for Rotich at Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Malaysian National News Agency) Nelson Kirwa Rotich captured the Kuala Lumpur Marathon title in 2 hours 15 minutes and 32 seconds smashing the course record and crushing his personal best by nearly 8 minutes. Kenyans have won the Kuala Lumpur race 7 of the past 8 years. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 27, 2008 | ||
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KL roads to be closed for marathon
(The Star Online) Various roads will be closed for the 2008 AmBank KL International Marathon. The marathon is in conjunction with the Federal Territory Day celebrations. | ||
News From: Monday, March 19, 2007 | ||
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Ambank KL International Marathon: Kenyans Grab Top Spots
(New Straits Times) Comments by the athletes and top results are given. | ||
News From: Sunday, March 18, 2007 | ||
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New Championship Record Clocked At Kuala Lumpur International Marathon
(New Straits Times) Cyprian Kiogara clocked two hours 17 minutes and 38 seconds, a new record for the mens category. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 15, 2007 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon On Sunday; 24 Roads To Be Closed
(New Straits Times) Names of roads that will be closed. | ||
News From: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | ||
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Athletes Sponsored For Am Bank Kuala Lumpur Marathon
(Brunei Online) Shamsuddin Hj Jamuddin and Alizan Mohd Alikhan received full sponsorships from Classic Design, Souvenir & Trading Co. | ||
News From: Saturday, March 10, 2007 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur International Marathon: Tarus Too To Defend Title
(New Straits Times) Top athletes who will be participating are mentioned. | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 | ||
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Kuala Lumpur Marathon To Be One Really Big Affair
(The Star) This year's marathon to be held at Dataran Merdeka on March 18 is expected to be a bigger affair with about 10,000 participants. |