04 June 2017 1 Min Read
IN PICTURES: Emotions run high at the end of the Comrades Marathon
in Sport by Times LIVE
Comrades marathon winner , Maritzburg local Bongmusa Mthembu wins the race for his second time.
Image: JACKIE CLAUSEN
Image: JACKIE CLAUSEN
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It was an emotional end to the Comrades Marathon, with Bongmusa Mthembu winning it for the second time, and US runner Camille Herron coming in as the first American woman to win since 1997.
Mthembu embraced his son after becoming the first South African runner to win two titles since Bruce Fordyce in 1990.
His winning time was 5:35:34.
Bongmusa Mthembu wins his second Comrades Marathon Bongmusa Mthembu made light work of the notorious Polly Shortts climb to win his second Comrades Marathon title in a time of 5:35:34.
Herron's time was 6:27:35, and represented her maiden win. She was the first American to win the Comrades since Anne Trason did the double in 1996 and 1997.
Herron first American female athlete since 1997 to become women's Comrades Marathon champion American athlete Camille Herron gave credence to the unpredictable nature of the Comrades Marathon up run with her maiden win in a time of 6:27:35.
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