King of Long-Distance Running

Agus Prayogo trained professionally for the first time in 1995 and only got my first SEA Games gold in 2009. It means I needed 14 years to become competitive in Southeast Asia.

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

West Java runner Agus Prayogo when he finishes in the men's marathon race for the Papua PON (National Games) 2021 athletics at Kuala Kencana, PT Freeport Indonesia Area, Timika Regency, Papua, Saturday (9/10/2021). Agus won the gold medal with a time of 2 hours 33.09 minutes.

At the age of 36, no longer young for a professional athlete, runner Agus Prayogo grabbed three gold medals at the National Games (PON) Papua 2021 in the 5,000-meter, 10,000-meter and marathon.

In the grip of his obsession to break the national record for the men’s marathon held by the late Eduardus Nabunome, Agus Prayogo is yearning for the emergence of young runners to immediately catch up and regenerate Indonesia’s long-distance runners.