Shifaz Mohammed has renewed the notational record of half marathon at Indian Ocean Island Games.
Shifaz completed the race at 4th place. However, for a large part of the race he was at the third place. He fell one position behind when it was just 4 kilometers to the end of the race.
He lost the bronze medal with just a difference of 50 meters. He finished the race in 1 hour 10 minutes and 55 seconds. The bronze medal was won by an athlete from Madagascar who completed the race in 1 hour 10 minutes and 44 seconds.
Shifaz broke the record which was previously made by Sharaf in Morocco. Sharaf made the record in 1 hour 12 minutes and 52 seconds. Shifaz also had the national record even before. He finished Prague marathon in 1 hour 13 minutes and 4 seconds.
