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While the Comrades Marathon has produced sibling champions in the past, there is yet to be husband-and-wife winners of the Ultimate Human Race.
Russian twin sisters Elena and Olesya Nurgalieva dominated the race in the early 2000s, with the former winning the race eight times, while the latter was victorious just once.
South African brothers Andrew (2001) and Gift Kelehe (2015) are the other siblings to have conquered the about-90km race run between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
This year’s race will see a married couple making their debut, with the husband and wife sure to start among the contenders.
Last year’s Two Oceans Marathon champion Givemore Mudzinganyama, who was third in this year’s edition, and his wife Nobuhle Tshuma – fourth in the Two Oceans in 2023 – will line up at the Durban City Hall on Sunday morning intent on making history.
The couple that runs for Entsika Athletics Club are confident of getting into the top-10 gold medal positions.
But being the ambitious athletes they are, they will have victory in mind when the starting gun sends the runners off towards Scottsville Racecourse.
Somewhat opposites, as most couples tend to be, Tshuma is very extroverted and outspoken, while Mudzinganyama is somewhat shy – although not on the road.
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