Defending champion Stephen Mokoka again showed why he is South Africa’s premier marathoner as he claimed a third win in Sunday’s Cape Town Marathon.
The Olympian and multiple SA Champion broke the tape in 2:09:58, three seconds faster than his winning 2:10:01 last year, and the fourth-fastest winning time in the race’s history.
In the women’s race, Meseret Dinke Meleka of Ethiopia took line honours in 2:24:02, smashing the 2:25:44 record , and also breaking her personal best of 2:25:12. Second over the line was Kenyan Tecla Kirongo in 2:27:56 — also setting a new PB . The leading men ran conservatively in the first half of the race, passing halfway in 1:05:36, with Stephen Mokoka biding his time near the front of the lead pack until the 32km mark. He made his move and steadily increased his lead over the last 10km — he was 21 seconds clear of second-placed Kassie at 35km, and just over a minute clear at 40km.
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