{"id":71537,"date":"2025-04-22T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71537"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:22:53","slug":"pakistani-runners-set-new-guinness-world-record-at-boston-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistani-runners-set-new-guinness-world-record-at-boston-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani runners set new Guinness World Record at Boston Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON: Danish Elahi and Faisal Shafi became<\/span> the first<\/span> Pakistani<\/span> runners<\/span> to<\/span> set<\/span> a Guinness World Record<\/a> at<\/span> the<\/span> 129th<\/span> Boston<\/span> Marathon<\/span> for the fastest marathon (<\/span>26<\/span>.<\/span>2<\/span> miles<\/span>)<\/span> in traditional shalwar kameez.<\/p>\n

The pair<\/span> from Karachi finished the prestigious<\/span> marathon<\/span> in a<\/span> time<\/span> of<\/span> 3 hours and 27 minutes, making<\/span> them<\/span> the first runners<\/span> to finish<\/span> the Boston<\/span> Marathon<\/span><\/a> in under four hours in<\/span> Pakistan’s traditional<\/span> clothing<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Elahi<\/span> and Shafi<\/span> started<\/span> and<\/span> finished<\/span> together and dedicated their marathon<\/span> effort<\/span> to Pakistan.<\/span> Elahi said<\/span>, “This record is for all of Pakistan.<\/span>” He<\/span> was<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> Shafi, who<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> wanted<\/span> to<\/span> promote<\/span> a<\/span> positive<\/span> image<\/span> of<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> abroad<\/span>:<\/p>\n

“We<\/span> wanted<\/span> to showcase<\/span> a<\/span> positive image for<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> to<\/span> show<\/span> our<\/span> pride<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> clothing<\/span> we<\/span> wore<\/span>,<\/span> by<\/span> finishing<\/span> the<\/span> marathon,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

” Elahi<\/span> and<\/span> Shafi,<\/span> who<\/span> finished<\/span> together<\/span> and<\/span> wore<\/span> matching<\/span> green and white outfits<\/span>, received<\/span> positive<\/span> energy<\/span> from fellow runners and fans<\/span> along the marathon<\/span> route.<\/p>\n

Elahi reached<\/span> his<\/span> milestone by earning the Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Medal, to<\/span> join<\/span> an exclusive<\/span> club<\/span> of roughly<\/span> 17,000 runners globally<\/span>\u00a0who have completed all six major marathons.<\/p>\n

Shafi was<\/span> recently<\/span> a Six Star Finisher in 2024 and<\/span> officially<\/span> qualified for Boston by<\/span> running<\/span> the<\/span> Berlin<\/span> 2023<\/span> marathon<\/span>,<\/span> in<\/span> a time<\/span> of<\/span> 2:58:09. The Boston Marathon is<\/span> the<\/span> oldest annual marathon in<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span>.<\/span> There<\/span> were<\/span> over 50,000 runners and roughly<\/span> one million spectators at<\/span> the<\/span> Boston<\/span> Marathon<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Despite\u00a0major<\/span> logistical issues<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> limited experience<\/span> training for<\/span> the<\/span> marathon<\/span> in shalwar kameez due to Guinness documentation issues<\/span>, Elahi and Shafi’s effort<\/span> touched<\/span> and<\/span> amazed<\/span> the world<\/span>. Upon<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BOSTON: Danish Elahi and Faisal Shafi became the first Pakistani runners to set a Guinness World Record at the 129th Boston Marathon for the fastest marathon (26.2 miles) in traditional shalwar kameez. The pair from Karachi finished the prestigious marathon in a time of 3 hours and 27 minutes, making them the first runners to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":71538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5090,28054,28053,28052],"class_list":["post-71537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-guinness-world-record","tag-abbott-world-marathon","tag-boston-marathon","tag-pakistani-set-new-guinness-world-record"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71539,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71537\/revisions\/71539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}