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Abahleli bathe ngeke bawakhiphe amagama abagijimi kuze kube bazisa imindeni yabo.
UMoira Harding udukile ngemuva kokuqeda umjaho, kodwa watholakala ngemuva kwamahora ephephile eduze kwasentanjeni.
Bangaphezu kuka-22 000 abasubathi ababambe iqhaza ku-98th Comrades Marathon ngeSonto. Kodwa injabulo yosuku yaphenduka usizi lapho abagijimi ababili beshona phakathi nomjaho.
Abahleli bakuqinisekisile ukushona kwabantu kodwa bathi ngeke badalule amagama kuze kube kwaziswa imindeni.
Lo mjaho ka-85.91 kilometre ultramarathon uqale eMgungundlovu waphelela eThekwini. Abagijimi abaningi bebenethemba njengoba isimo sezulu esipholile senza izimo zaba lula.
Okunye okwesabisa okukhulu kosuku bekubandakanya uMoira Harding. Uwele entanjeni ngo-4:52 ntambama kodwa wabe esenyamalala. Abangane bakhe nomndeni balinda, kodwa akazange abuye.
Amavolontiya namalungu omphakathi basesha ubusuku bonke. NgoMsombuluko ekuseni, i-Comrades Marathon Association ikuqinisekisile ukuthi: “UMoira Harding utholakele futhi uyaphila.”
UMoira ubegqoke inombolo yomjaho uM33485 kanti ugcine ukubonakala eduze nendawo yokuqeda. UGords Reid unxuse abantu ukuthi bamkhulekele ukuthi alulame njengoba ukukhathazeka kukhula.
Akuqali ukwenzeka inhlekelele kulo mjaho. Ngo-2022, uMzamo Mthembu waquleka e-Pinetown ngemuva kokuhlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo. Ngemuva kwalokho washonela esibhedlela sase-Westville.
Omunye umgijimi, uPhakamile Ntshiza, ushone ngasengxenyeni yomgwaqo e-Drummond ngaphambi kokuthi kufike usizo.
Udokotela womjaho uJeremy Boulter uthe imininingwane mayelana nabagijimi abashonile kulo nyaka ibingakaziwa.
Phezu kwalezi zinhlekelele i-Comrades Marathon isaqhubeka nokuheha abagijimi abavela emhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-2022, abasubathi abavela emazweni angu-72 babamba iqhaza ngemuva kokubuya komjaho ekhefini leminyaka emibili ngenxa ye-Covid-19.
Lo mjaho waqalwa ngo-1921 ngumakadebona weMpi Yezwe I uVic Clapham ngenhloso yokuhlonipha amasosha aseNingizimu Afrika afela empini. Lowo mjaho wokuqala wawunabagijimi abangu-34. Bangu-16 kuphela abaqeda.
Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Comrades Marathon imemezele ukushona kwabagijimi ababili kulo nyaka.
Umthombo wesithombe: Comrades Marathon