South Africa’s Tete Morena Dijana (34), who works at NWU as a security guard, won the men’s Comrades Marathon. He has secured the R260 000 prize money and a gold medal with his unofficial time of 5:30:38.
Dijana finished 50th at the last event, making this “life-changing” win extra incredible.
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At the last Comrades Marathon, Tete Dijana finished 50th, today he walks away as a CHAMPION ?
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— SuperSport ? (@SuperSportTV) August 28, 2022
Russia’s Alexandra Morozov (32) secured the women’s race win in the 95th annual marathon, which is downhill this year, from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.
Morozov’s win didn’t come without controversy,. The athlete was only cleared to compete at the late moment. Since the February invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s teams and athletes have been banned from some major sports and competitions across the world.
She was cleared to race, but contested the Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) condition of starting in the ‘H batch’ – which she said was “unjustifiable and ludicrous”.
This is Morozov’s fourth Comrades, however, due to her nationality, will not receive any prize money, as per the CMA’s ruling. This will be contested in court in November. The men’s and women’s race has an equal prize value of R260 000 and a gold medal.
Morozova crossed the finish line at the Moses Mabhida Stadium with an unofficial time of 6:17:48.
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An emotional, Alexandra Morozova takes the women's race in the 95th Comrades Marathon with ?? South Africa's Adele Broodryk coming in 3rd place ??? pic.twitter.com/TTZ1C3yRyw
— SuperSport ? (@SuperSportTV) August 28, 2022
To all the runners: you are legends! A big, big congratulations to each of you.
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