The elite field at the Cape Town Marathon on Sunday could produce one of the best 42km contests ever run on African soil.
Oldknow is the second fastest woman in the national all-time 42km rankings, while Xaba will make her marathon debut.
With the strongest elite field the race has hosted since it was relaunched in 2014, Sunday’s Cape Town Marathon promises to produce one of the best 42km contests ever run on African soil. Xaba will be competing over the 42km distance for the first time, but she has indicated by her performances over the last few years that she could break new ground in the marathon. And her recentAlso in the field is former world champion Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia, but Dibaba is no longer at the peak of her career. And while Adane Kebede Gebre returns to defend her title, she clocked 2:24:17 last year, and both Xaba and Oldknow are capable of sticking with that pace if they are at their best.
It is the women’s race, however, that has attracted most of the interest in the build-up, with Xaba and Oldknow both in with a chance to make history.
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