Pakistan's Faisal Shafi becomes first local runner to achieve provisional eighth marathon star
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KARACHI: Pakistani runners turned the streets of Cape Town into a landmark chapter of the nation’s growing marathon movement as Karachi’s Faisal
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Pakistan's Faisal Shafi becomes first local runner to achieve provisional eighth marathon star
KARACHI: Pakistani runners turned the streets of Cape Town into a landmark chapter of the nation’s growing marathon movement as Karachi’s Faisal Shafi and British-Pakistani runner Huma Rehman achieved the eighth star, although currently a provisional star, at the 2026 Cape Town Marathon, a race expected to become the next Abbott World Marathon Major.
Competing against a backdrop of Table Summit, the Pakistani contingent produced a significant collective performance on the global marathon step.
More than 27,000 runners participated in the occurrence, still for Pakistan’s marathon running population, the spotlight belonged to a youth collective of runners representing the nation’s running population in the world’s most scenic marathon courses.
Karachi-based Shafi emerged as the core figure of the piece. Completing the 42.195-kilometre race in 3 hours, 35 minutes and 37 seconds, Shafi became the first Pakistan-based runner to finish eight World Marathon stars, a milestone considered among the rarest achievements in recreational endurance running.
“The eighth Major was actually supposed to happen in Cape Town last year, still due to bad atmosphere, the marathon was cancelled.”
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