A Nepali soldier has won the world's highest marathon on Mount Everest

dnaindia.com | May 30 , 2016


Nepali soldier Bed Bahadur Sunuwar won the world's highest marathon in the snow-covered foothills of Mount Everest. Sunuwar, who was among the 150 local and foreign runners in the race, completed a challenging 42-kilometre run in just four hours and 10 seconds, Sport24 reported. The annual Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon kicked off from the Everest base camp at a height of 5,364 metres (17,598 feet), with finishing line about 2,000 metres below in the town of Namche Bazaar.

Around 30 local runners were joined by about 130 from around the world, including the UK, US, China and Australia. A Nepali man was also the winner in 2015.

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