KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Malaysia’s tower run ace Soh Wai Ching faced some difficulty in the 2024 DC Tower Run at the DC Tower in Vienna, Austria, yesterday and only managed to finish as runner-up.
The 30-year-old claimed second place with an overall time of five minutes and 58 seconds to finish the 58 floors in the inaugural race, which attracted 600 participants and was sanctioned by the Towerrunning World Association.
Soh sprinted all the way up to the third floor, then cruised at a steady pace.
He then started to fade away at the halfway point on the 29th floor due to lactic acid build-up before getting back up to finish the race after Japanese runner Ryoji Watanabe, who finished in first place with an overall time of 5:47.2s.
Soh collapsed after crossing the finishing line but was back on his feet a short while later.
The third place was secured by Italian Fabio Ruga, who took 5:59.6s to finish the climb.
— Bernama
