Kota Kinabalu: Romieo Gomboh and Natasya Soon clinched the open titles at the Borneo Half Marathon (BHM) jointly organised by Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) and Kinabalu Running Club (KRC) at the Padang Merdeka here on Sunday.
Romieo crossed the finishing line in one hour 18 minutes 52 seconds official time to take the men’s title followed by Mohd Ikmal Sahdan (1:19:10) and Wincentbert Latius (1:19:19).
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Natasya took the women’s title with her time of one hour 43 minutes 49 seconds ahead of Wei Jun Tan (1:51:15) and Suhaila Muhamad (1:52:09).
In the veteran category, the men’s junior title went to Samsul Mansur (1:25:10) with Randall R F Kadayum (1:25:40) and Safree Sabdin (1:25:48) in second and third place respectively.
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The women’s junior veteran title winner was Choi Fern Loh (1:36:00) followed by Trang Chu Minh (1:44:46) and Samantha Bradfield (1:51:09).
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Li Min Hon (1:43:00) won the women’s veteran title ahead of Mei Chen Lim (1:47:16) and Tammy Chew (1:48:52), while the senior veteran title went to Mimi Yong (1:51:10) with Lee Ping Wong (1:51:32) in second place and Kona Liau (1:57:39) in third.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});In the 11km event, the top three winners in each category were: women’s open – Elytrina Jr, Amanda Jayne Willie, Alicna Suzane Johning; women’s junior veteran – Silje Torsvik, Noor Zakira Zulrimi, Norazian Alai; women’s veteran – Michelle Idrawatty, Annie Linus @ Ann, Jamie Fu; women’s senior veteran – Amelia Chong, Bibi Julkipli, Vilin Imelda; men’s open – Nuralizan Suziana, Zaid Suhaipin, Henky Helerrio Jinior Presley Gamba; men’s junior veteran – Tommy Dois, Nur Saipul Kadir, Rozzain Subin Syabby; men’s veteran – Simon Gelasius Kudjil, Mohd Zulkarnain Masuyuk Abdullah, Asdi Weding Asdi; men’s senior veteran – Roslee Talip, Fauzain Biaan, Suhaipin Surin.
Meanwhile in the Inter-City Cup competition, DBKK Team A (Mohd Rashidi Barahim, Rozenie Jerome, Wincentbert Latius, Kona Liau) took the title followed by DBKK Team B (Fabian Osmond, Nurul Ain John Chuan, Siti Norzwa Harun, Stefhan Kuling) and Kuching Utara (Siti Rokiah Basri, Nadzmi Mohamed, Hazelinda Sanchis, Zulkernain Hj Mohd Zain).
More than 3,000 runners took part in the event held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary celebration of Kota Kinabalu as a city.
The closing ceremony was officiated by City Hall’s director general Lifred Wong representing Mayor Datuk Seri Sabin Samitah and also present were deputy director general Robert Lipon and KRC’s president Datuk Dr Heng Aik Cheng.