Pakistani runner Faisal Shafi bags Guinness World Record at Sydney Marathon

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KARACHI: Pakistani runners showed impressive performances at the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, which identified the first edition of the incident following the important status of the Abbott World Marathon, in which Faisal Shafi, who hails from Karachi, set the record for the country’s armed forces.

The race, which is now the seventh member of the marathon Maj.

The course injured the opera house, across the port bridge, through the Royal Botanic Garden and along with the beautiful water front of Sydney Coo.

Faisal Shafi completed the challenging 42.195km course in three hours, 40 minutes and 13 seconds while wearing light military gear, in which Guinness World Records confirmed as a new world record for this category.

His success highlighted a strong exhibition of Pakistan’s running community in this historic Major Marathon.

Shafi told Geo News after his achievements, “It was a great time to pay tribute to Pakistan’s armed forces, our martyrs and our soldiers,” Shafi told Geo News after his achievements: “I am proud that this is a civilian.”

Faisal highlighted that it was a soldier -affected uniform that was specifically designed for the program, but running while wearing uniforms was not an easy task.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the fastest Pakistani final in the Sydney marathon was Ali Zaidi, a Australian based in Australian, who reduced the 3:05:33 to lead the squad. Then there was Bilal Ehsan of Islamabad, who posted 3:15:03 as a senior actor in the runners who, in particular, traveled from Pakistan for the program.

Fahd Mukhtar, Hameed Butt and Bachh Hussain were also among the top Pakistani actors in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday.

Shafi’s performance also won his seventh star in the Abbott World Marathon Majers series, and seven other Pakistani runners, who won the same milestone as Sydney’s first Major Marathon.

This course, which is known for its challenging hills, especially in the post -Mrs Macori chair and the post -Art Gallery Road, experienced the endurance of runners with its unprecedented territories.

In the elite group of Pakistani seventh star workers, Multan from Multan (3:29:21), Lahore from Lahore (3:34:26), Huma Rehman (3:38:09) from the United Kingdom, Dr. Salman Khan, from the United States, (3:39:50), the state of Jamal (3:38:09) from the United States (5:13:14) Rahim (5:37:01).

Following his victory, Pakistani American runner Bokhari said that joining the first seven Star Finners was a great honor for him.

“As a Muslim and a Pakistani woman. It was a very difficult purpose to complete my six-star journey-which looked ridiculous for many years.

He told Geo News, “So it is a great blessing and a dream – on such a difficult course – such a difficult course and a dream.”

In 36 Pakistani runners, there were also 10 Pakistani women who successfully completed the marathon, led by British Pakistani runner Huma Rehman, which ended at 3:38:09. Other notable performances came from Khola Ahmed, based in Norway (3:52:53), UK seminar Khan (4:10:07) and Nilab Kayani (4:10:28) of Rawalpindi.

Geo News anchor Mohammad Junaid also completed the course at 4:04:09, between 36 Pakistani and overseas Pakistani runners, who ended the race.

Demonstrating the growing depth of Pakistan’s running community, 16 Pakistani runners completed the marathon in less than four hours.

The Sydney Marathon’s involvement as Major Marathon, the seventh world, indicates a significant extension of the Abbott World Marathon Maj.