He congratulates the winner and his coach after 'epic' race
SINGAPORE: By any account, marathoner Soh Rui Yong is coming home from this year’s SEA Games a winner, having finished second in the 10,000-metre final and setting a new national record of 31:10.70.
However, it was Soh’s behaviour during the race that won’t quickly be forgotten. Indonesian runner Rikki Marthin Luther Simbolon, who eventually won the race with a time of 31:08.85, did not grab a bottle properly at the final water station of the race, but dropped it, not bothering to break his stride.
“Sporting, absolutely sporting,” the commentator can be heard praising Soh in the clip below. “You cannot make that up. You cannot fake it either.” In a Friday morning Facebook post, Soh wrote, “What a race!” and thanked the winner, with whom he appears to have made friends. He also congratulated the winner’s coach, Agung Mulyawan, “for producing yet another Indonesian champion”.
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