Nepalese Wins World’s Highest Marathon

May 29, 2008 · Filed Under News, Races & Events

A Nepalese runner won the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon 2008 for the third consecutive year, finishing the world’s highest marathon in 3 hours 53 minutes and 14 seconds. The marathon is held on May 29 each year to commemorate the first ascent of Mt Everest by Tenzing Norgey Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.

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