Defending champion Soh Rui Yong clinched gold in the men's marathon at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (19 Aug) and became the first Singapore man to defend SEA Games marathon titles, crossing the finish line in 2hr 29min 27sec in front of the Istana Kehakiman in Putrajaya.

This timing is about five minutes better than his previous 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, where he won gold in a rain-drenched race, clocking 2hr 34min 56sec.

No word yet from the official timekeepers for now, as ??'s Soh Rui Yong clocks an unofficial time of 2:29:30 in his #KL2017 marathon win pic.twitter.com/NhAK8fRTBU

— Noor Farhan (@NoorFarhanCNA) August 19, 2017

Indonesia's Agus Prayogo was second in 2hr 31min 20sec, while Malaysia's Muhaizar Mohamad was third in 2hr 31min 52sec.

Singapore's other participant Mok Ying Ren, who won the SEA Games gold medal in Myanmar in 2013, finished seventh out of the 15 competitors in 2hr 44min 31sec.

26-year-old Soh is also the holder of the national marathon record of 2hr 24min 55sec.

Results for the SEA Games 2017 Men's marathon

Here are the finish times for this morning's Men's marathon at #SEAGames2017 as #OneTeamSG's?? Soh Rui Yong officially clocks 2:29:27 ? pic.twitter.com/zxe0wFt2LN

— Noor Farhan (@NoorFarhanCNA) August 19, 2017

In the women's marathon, Jasmine Goh finished fourth out of six runners in a time of 3hr 13min 46sec, while Rachel See was sixth with a timing of 3hr 46min 41sec.

Featured Photo Credit: Noor Farhan @ Twitter