Stephen Mokoka and Jenet Mbhele are the favourites in this weekend’s Cape Town Marathon — which is in its inaugural year of being an Abbott World Marathon Majors Candidate.
Cape Town Marathon defending champion and record holder Stephen Mokoka and South Africa national marathon champion Jenet Mbhele are South Africa’s top contenders in the men’s and women’s field at the 2022 Cape Town Marathon on 16 October.
Ethiopian Gebru Redahgne, who finished the Cape Town Marathon in second place in 2021, will also return to the Mother City for the challenge. Ethiopian Mereset Dinke will also pose a challenge, after setting her marathon PB of 2:25.12 at the Valencia Marathon in Spain in December 2021 and winning the Geneva Marathon in May this year.As the Cape Town Marathon enters its first evaluation year as an Abbott World Marathon Majors Candidate, the wheelchair division will make its debut in the marathon on 16 October.
In the women’s race, a small, but formidable field will set the scene for an epic battle. Mauritian Noemi Alphonse hopes to continue her stellar run, having recently come third in the Grandma’s Marathon in the US — and setting a new African record — in 1:35.14. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that SA marathon darling Gerda Steyn will run the 10km Peace Run on Saturday.The 2022 Cape Town Marathon marks the event’s first year as an Abbott World Marathon Majors Candidate.The Cape Town Marathon is the first marathon in Africa to be confirmed as an AWMM candidate race.
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