TOPSHOTS --------EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'AFP PHOTO/HIMEX-Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS---------
TOPSHOTS In this handout photograph released by Himex, the organisers of the Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon on May 29, 2013, participatants of the marathon are flagged off at Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Solukhumbu district. The Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, the world's highest marathon, starts near the famous Khumbu Ice Fall at Qomolangma Base Camp (5,364 meters above sea level) and finishes at Namche Bazar (3,440 meters above sea level). Nepali athlete Ram Kumar Rajbhandari (31) clinched the title of the 11th Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, completing the 42.19 km race in 3 hour 59 minute 45 second on Wednesday as Nepali athletes continued their dominance in the highest altitude marathon claiming all top ten positions. AFP PHOTO/HIMEX-Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon --------EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'AFP PHOTO/HIMEX-Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS-----------