Comrades champ put in the hard graft
31 May 2016 - 09:39
Before Sunday's 91st Comrades Marathon, 35-year-old David Gatebe was known as the 2013 Two Oceans Marathon winner. Until he made a meal of Leonid Shvetzov's nine-year Comrades record, Gatebe was always going to be seen as a flat-track runner without the stomach for a hilly and undulating battle.Now with his 5:18:13 downrun - from Pietermaritzburg to Durban - he will be known as the man whose legs conquered the deceptively tricky course.
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