Nadi Weekend (14/12/24)
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00:00TOWER RUNNING
00:07This is about the former world number one runner-up,
00:10Soe Wai Ching, who is confident of winning
00:12and breaking the record in the third edition
00:14of the National Tower Running Championship.
00:16And not only that, Wai Ching set a time record
00:18of 5 minutes and 40 seconds.
00:21The Tower Running Championship in Genting
00:24is extraordinary compared to other competitions
00:27in other places,
00:30because the competition in Genting Highland
00:32is at a high altitude,
00:34so it's more challenging
00:36in terms of physical and mental.
00:38Each competitor has to push more,
00:43to maintain the pace.
00:47The difficulty of climbing the stairs
00:51at high altitude is more challenging,
00:54with a difference of about 20 to 30 seconds.
00:57Wai Ching hopes to win tomorrow
01:00and also set a record for the competition,
01:03because this is the first edition here.
01:06So whoever wins tomorrow
01:08will be the record holder for the competition.
01:12The biggest challenge of this Tower Running
01:14is taking the first place in the Windham Ion Majestic,
01:18the highest altitude hotel in Malaysia
01:20at an altitude of 6,000 feet.
01:21He will challenge competitors from all over the world
01:23by climbing stairs at a high altitude.
01:27For this Tower Running,
01:33the winners of this event
01:36will be counted in the national team
01:40to be given a chance
01:44to represent Malaysia in other places.
01:48Like Wai Ching and other athletes,
01:52they will form a Malaysian team
01:54to represent Malaysia later.
01:56For Muhammad Hazim Zuhairi,
01:58even though he is competing against his idol,
02:00he is still eager to set a new record,
02:02despite facing various challenges for the first time,
02:04challenging himself in Genting Highlands.
02:08I want the best for myself.
02:10One more thing,
02:12I want to set a new record here.
02:15If I win next year,
02:17I will know what my fastest time here is.
02:21My expectation here is that
02:24the oxygen level here is different
02:27because we are at the highest altitude in Genting.
02:30It is difficult to breathe
02:33because I have trained here many times.
02:35The training is different.
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