South Africa's Stephen Mokoka defended his title as he clinched his third Cape Town Marathon title. | Sport24news
defended his title as he clinched his third Cape Town Marathon title on Sunday.
It was a massive turnout in Cape Town as 13 000 athletes competed in the 42.2km race, the first of its three-year Abbott World Marathon Majors candidacy. Mokoka crossed the finish line in emphatic style and in front of a boisterous home crowd, finishing in a time of Ethiopian duo Derseh Kindie Kassie and Dagnachew Adere Maru came second and third respectively .won in 2:42:02, while Kenyans Tecla Kirongo and Judith Cherono rounded up the podium.It was the first time that an elite wheelchair racing division event took place in Africa.
Pike finished in a time of 1:40:15 and took home R50 000, while Van Dyk had to settle for second in his home race in Beautiful morning at the
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