Winner Bongmusa Mthembu will hope to defend his title on sunday at Comrades Marathon

Bongmusa Mthembu will be Proving himself as South Africa’s best ultra-distance runner in recent years, Mthembu will be the man to beat. He has finished among the top three on five occasions at Comrades, with four of those performances achieved on the ‘down’ run. The only South African since 1990 to secure victory more than once, he was also a silver medallist at the 2016 100km World Championships, and he will be eager to stand up and deliver once again. Other contenders include powerful front-runner Rufus Photo and in-form Zimbabwean athlete Hatiwande Nyamande.

posted Saturday June 9th