NZ dominate KL 'towerthon' race

Mon, 06 Aug 2001 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): New Zealanders dominated an annual Malaysian "towerthon" race Sunday, with world mountain running champion Jonathan Wyatt clinching the title for the third year in a row.

Wyatt, 29, the world mountain running champion in 1998 and 2000, clocked 10 minutes, 32.84 seconds to win the Telekom Malaysia International Towerthon race to scale the Kuala Lumpur telecommunications tower.

New Zealander Melissa P.Moon also defended her women's title, winning the race in 13:14.21s, breaking her own record of 13:24 minutes set last year.

The race started with an 800-meter run uphill to the tower, followed by a climb up 2,058 steps to finish some 300 meters above the basement of the tower, Bernama news agency said.

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