Negewo breaks long-standing record to win the Cape Town Marathon
18 September 2016 - 13:44
With pace setters ensuring the race was quick up front‚ Asefa Negewo (Ethiopia) made history by breaking the long-standing fastest time set on South African soil over 42.2km‚ held previously by David Tsebe (2:09:50).Negewo stormed to victory at the prestigious Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on Sunday‚ in a time of 2:08:42‚ to lift the men's crown at the IAAF Silver Label race.Tish Jones won the women's race in 2:36:13‚ holding off a challenge from another world-class field.The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon‚ one of Africa's most iconic road races and boasting a mass field of 8000 entrants‚ cemented its position as one of the continent's most popular road running events on Sunday. - TMG Digital..
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