Ricardo Mejia of Mexico retains his title for the Mt Kinabalu International
Climbathon by beating more than 130 runners from 21 countires on Sunday. This
win also enables him to take the crown of the 7-series Buff- Skyrunner World
Series Federation For Sports At Altitude 2006, after collecting 400 points in
all. 43-year old Ricardo had won the title (Mt Kinabalu Climbathon) on 2001 and
2005. The second place goes to a local runner, Mius Balinting, who is a mere
500m behind Ricardo on the asphalt road at home stretch. 37-year old Mius plants
vegetables in his own small plot of land on the foot hill of Mt Kinabalu when
not competing. Incidentally, Mius is the first local runner who comes closest to
clinching the title after 10 years. The title was won by Guianus Salagan, (who
is in 9th position this year), 10 years ago when there were not so many
competitors from overseas. Another Sabahan, Safrey Sumping (a moutanin guide),
wins the third position. The excellent performance by Mius and Safrey has
spurred the local sports authority to sit up and starts to organise programs to
revive the interests of this sport and to relive our past glory, hopefully.
Below is a list of the top 10 of the event :
Position |
Name |
Country |
Clocked |
1 |
Ricardo Mejia |
Mexico |
2:50:52 |
2 |
Mius bin Balinting |
Malaysia |
2:51:44 |
3 |
Safrey Sumping |
Malaysia |
2:53:22 |
4 |
Tadao Yokoyama |
Japan |
2:54:02 |
5 |
Dapit Fulvio |
Italy |
2:54:43 |
6 |
Agusti Roc Amador |
Spain |
2:55:44 |
7 |
Marco Rusconi |
Italy |
2:56:08 |
8 |
Jessed Hemandex Gispert |
Spain |
2:58:23 |
9 |
Guianus Salagan |
Malaysia |
3:03:48 |
10 |
Madamin Ghun |
Malaysia |
3:04:37 |
11 |
Sapirin Sumping |
Malaysia |
3:04:54 |
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