KZN MEC for Sport says the prize money for the Comrades Marathon winners should be increased
Published June 16, 2023, 12:20 p.m. by Bethany
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Doctor Ntuthuko Mahlaba says the prize money for the Comrades Marathon winners should be increased.
Mahlaba was speaking at the champion's prize giving ceremony in Durban.
Over 17-thousand athletes participated in the 96th edition of the 87 point 7 kilometre race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.
Race winners Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn earned one-point-two million rand each for the win and for breaking the down-run records.
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top Runners and top teams attended the
Champions price giving ceremony in
Durban athletes were feeling the after
effects of the race limping the away on
stage to accept their prizes winners of
the 2023 comrades marathon in the men's
and women's category
stain have encouraged South Africans to
participate in the ultra marathon dijana
successfully defended his title and
broke the men's downrun record finishing
in 5 hours 13 minutes and 58 seconds
while her the stain won in the women's
race also breaking the 34 year old
downrun record formerly held by frith
Vandermeer
from the beginning racing was fast from
the beginning Until the End speed really
works but the plan was to break the
record
I really am put 110 effort into this but
of course on the day you still have to
run well and everything still have to go
well for you in terms of your nutrition
in terms of not tripping over on the
road the way that lays apart there's so
many elements the oldest runner in the
2023 comrades Marathon 81 year old Mario
finished the race in 9 hours 26 minutes
he says continuous training and healthy
living is what motivates him to keep
going you kick
running or training keeps you
yeah
you still you see you can see me I'm
still looking like
because it's the training the provincial
Sports Department says athletes should
be given more recognition we must try
and raise the bar
as the department
you've also decided that
because one to also encourage
our local people in kwazulu-natal to
participate
the comrades Marathon Association says
the 2023 ultra marathon was a huge
success with the highest number of
international Runners participating
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