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Comrades champ Steyn opts for 5km run in Durban

Independent online (SA) 12 Oct 2024
The Boxer Super Run promoters Stillwater Sports announced this week that South Africa’s marathon champion Steyn had entered the 5km road race.
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Chicago Marathon to give city a hefty economic boost, record number of runners

Chicago Sun-Times 11 Oct 2024
The dessert shop is expecting a boost in business over the weekend thanks to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday." ... Thompson is traveling with a fellow marathoner friend from South Africa ... He's run at least 10 Chicago Marathons.
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EdTech pioneer Tom-Chris Emewulu aims for Guinness World Record

B & FT Online 06 Oct 2024
Ghana-based Nigerian social entrepreneur, , is working to break the Guinness World Record for the longest interviewing marathon, aiming for an impressive 96 hours ... Africa, the US, the UK and beyond.
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College cross country: Lehigh University’s Paul Short goes ‘gold’; and look back at classic 1979 ...

The Morning Call 03 Oct 2024
... in 1994 Salazar – like a once-great actor coming out for a final bow on stage – surprised the running world with a victory in South Africa’s “Comrades Marathon” – a 56-mile “ultra” marathon event.
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The “After Exxon” Begins New Oil and Gas Chapter for Equatorial Guinea (By Antonio Oburu Ondo)

Capital Ethiopia 30 Sep 2024
ExxonMobil’s work here has also helped open Equatorial Guinea for investment from other oil and gas majors and independent companies, including Chevron, Marathon Oil, Kosmos Energy, Panoro, EG LNG, Africa Oil Corporation, Trident Energy, etc.
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Tebello Ramakongoana holds off Elroy Gelant in Durban 10km

Independent online (SA) 30 Sep 2024
Ramakongoana, who finished sixth in the marathon at the Paris 2024 Games, crossed the finish line just a second ahead of South Africa’s Elroy Gelant, who was also an impressive performer at the Olympics with 11th place.
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Impressive line-up for SA’s richest 10km race

Independent online (SA) 28 Sep 2024
She lines up for this year’s edition of the country’s richest 10km race as not only the defending champion but also as the country’s marathon champion, as well as South Africa’s foremost Olympic Marathoner.
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Cape Town Marathon attracts Africa’s running royalty

Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Sep 2024
Some of the biggest names in the marathon game will be racing Africa’s premier marathon in just over four weeks as excitement builds towards Cape Town joining the exclusive Abbott’s Marathon Majors club in May 2026.
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Western Railway

Deccan Herald 11 Sep 2024
He has also participated in Khardung La Challenge of 72 km and Ladakh Full Marathon of 42 km in 2023, Comrades Marathon (86 kms) held in South Africa, besides many other ultras and other marathons and triathlons across the country.
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Cape Town Marathon boasts strong field in pursuit of elite status

Independent online (SA) 11 Sep 2024
... of the global superstars that will be toeing the start line are 2019 world champion Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) who has also won both the New York and Boston Marathons as well as the All Africa Games.
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Dickson Ndiema, Ex-Boyfriend Of Olympic Runner, Pronounced Dead After Sustaining Burns From Attack

Vibe Magazine 10 Sep 2024
Dickson Ndiema, the man responsible for the tragic death of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, passed away on the evening of Sept. 9, as reported by Nation Africa.
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MS diagnosis spurred Las Vegan’s international athletic quest

Las Vegas Review-Journal 06 Sep 2024
Despite his affliction, running has become a passion for the Las Vegan, who has completed marathons on all seven continents ... To run a marathon on every continent ... Then Stefureac ran a marathon through a South Africa game preserve in June 2023.
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Gerda Steyn leads tributes for Uganda’s Rebecca Cheptegei

Independent online (SA) 05 Sep 2024
South Africa’s road running legend Gerda Steyn has led the tributes for fellow marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei of Uganda who died tragically on Thursday ... Finished Paris Olympics marathon together.
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How top civil servants let off steam

Hindustan Times 18 Aug 2024
When at the age of 51, Ity Pandey crossed the finishing line of the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, also known as the ‘ultimate human race’, she proved that long working hours cannot come in the way of following one’s passion.
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SA medal hopefuls failed to live up to top billing

Independent online (SA) 14 Aug 2024
South Africa’s London 2012 hero not only lost his ... South Africa’s ultra-marathon queen failed to live up her billing in Paris as she finished in a disappointing 45th position in the women’s marathon.
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