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Record turnout for Malaysia's Olympic Day Run

2012-07-11 09:49 OCA

08 Jul 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Olympic Council of Malaysia held the Olympic Day Fun Run 2012 on Sunday, July 8, from 6.30 am to 11.00 am at Dataran Merdeka with a record of 11,801 runners. The run has 13 categories, with cash prizes for the first to fifth-place finishers in each category. There was one category for primary school boys and one for primary school girls between the ages of 7 and 12. The distance was 3 km.

There was also one category for teams of four runners, above the age of 16 years, who had to finish together the distance of 5 km. The family category over 3 km comprised two adults (parents or guardians), with one to three children, between the ages of 7 to 14 years.

Both the team event and the family event were very popular, drawing 450 teams and 150 families. Ms. Sarah Casanova, Managing Director of McDonald’s Malaysia, said that as McDonald’s was a family restaurant, organising the family event was in line with their theme of families playing and eating together.

OCM officials in attendance included Y.Bhg. Dato’ Roy Rajasingham, Vice President, Moira Tan, Honorary Assistant Secretary, and T. Kumar, Honorary Assistant Secretary. The winner of the Men’s 7 km Open was R, Venugopal, of the Royal Malaysian Police with a time of 25 min. 10 sec. K. Ganthimathi of New Balance won the Women’s 7 km Open in 30 min. 31 sec.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia wishes to thank the Federal Territory Amateur Athletics Association for being the technical organiser of the Run and all the sponsors, including McDonald’s Malaysia, Coca-Cola, Bata (Power), Dutch Lady, Milo, Olympic Sports Hotel, P&G and Ribena.

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