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| Two Oceans record breaker... Namakoe Nkhasi |
Nkhasi defended
the title he won last year and he went one better this time by breaking the
record as he ran a time of one hour, three minutes and 15 seconds (1:03:15
hours).
The 2016
Olympian finished ahead of countryman Khoarahlane Seutlaoli who finished second
in an equally excellent time of 1:03:45 while South African David Manja ran
1:04:19 to finish in third place.
Lesotho almost
completed double Two Oceans glory but Warinyane Lebopo fell just short in the
main 56km Ultra Marathon race finishing behind winner Lungile Gongqa of South
Africa.
Lebopo had
been in contention for much of the race but Gongqa broke away at the back of
the Constantia Nek climb in the second half of the race. And, although Lebopo
did his best to close the gap, the South African runner burst clear again in
the final stages to claim victory in a time of 3:09:43.
Lebopo managed
to hold on for second place in 3:10:21 and in the process he earned himself his
fourth Two Oceans gold medal.
Another
Lesotho athlete, Teboho Sello, claimed third spot in 3:11:48 while Zimbabwe’s Collen
Makaza finished 29 seconds further back to place amongst the top four at the Two
Oceans for the fifth time in six years. Moeketsi
Mosuhli made it three Lesotho runners in the top 10 by claiming tenth place in
a time of 3:17:36.
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| Nkhasi ran a brilliant time of 1:03:15 |
Damantsevich, who had a considerable
lead by the half marathon mark, crossed the finish line in 3:37:13, more than
10 minutes clear of South Africa’s Jenna
Challenor.
In the
half-marathon Irvette van Zyl reclaimed her title by running a time of 1:13:53
while Nolene Conrad arrived at the finish line almost 30 seconds later running
1:14:27. Louisa Leballo came third in a time of 01:15:00 to complete a South
Africa one, two three in the race.
Despite
Nkhasi’s brilliant win and record run, Old Mutual’s R1 million prize bonus to break
the record in the men’s or women’s Ultra Marathon remained safe.
The men’s
record of 3:03:44 set in 1988 by Thompson Magawana and the women’s record
(3:30:36) set by Frith van der Merwe in 1989 will again remain intact until
next year’s race.
Of the total
entries of 11 000 for the Ultra Marathon, 4005 were novices, 7782 were men and
3218 women.
The In the
half-marathon, meanwhile, saw 16 000 entries with 7426 men and 8754 women.
2017 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon Results:
56km Ultra Marathon
Men:
1 Lungile
Gongqa (South Africa) 3:09:43
2 Warinyane
Lebopo (Lesotho) 3:10:21
3 Teboho Sello
(Lesotho) 3:11:48
4 Collen
Makaza (Zimbabwe) 3:12:17
5 Melly
Kennedy (Kenya) 3:13:36
6 Dinke Kebede
(Ethiopia) 3:14:19
7 Bongmusa
Mthembu (South Africa) 3:14:44
8 Stephen
Muzhingi (Zimbabwe) 3:15:47
9 Siphiwe
Ndlela (South Africa) 3:17:06
10 Moeketsi
Mosuhli (Lesotho) 3:17:36
Women:
1 Maryna
Damantsevich (Belarus) 3:37:13
2 Jenna
Challenor (South Africa) 3:47:32
3 Tanith
Maxwell (South Africa) 3:55:42
4 Mary Khourie
(South Africa) 4:01:08
5 Ntombesintu
Mfunzi (South Africa) 4:01:26
6 Ulrica
Stander (South Africa) 4:02:45
7 Janie
Grundling (South Africa) 4:03:51
8 Tabitha
Tsatsa (Zimbabwe) 4:04:08
9 Stephanie
Smith (South Africa) 4:04:16
10 Sarah Bard
(USA) 4:05:16
21km Half Marathon
Men:
1 Namakoe
Nkhasi (Lesotho) 1:03:15
2 Khoarahlane
Seutlaoli (Les) 1:03:45
3 David Manja
(South Africa) 1:04:19
4 Lucky Mohale
(South Africa) 1:04:36
5 Thabang
Mosiako (South Africa) 1:04:38
6 Melikhaya
Frans (South Africa) 1:05:07
7 Gladwin
Mzazi (South Africa) 1:05:22
8 Marianio
Eesou (South Africa) 1:05:35
9 Silindile
Gubese (South Africa) 1:05:59
10 Phillimon
Mathipa (South Africa) 1:06:24
Women:
1 Irvette Van
Zyl (South Africa) 1:13:53
2 Nolene
Conrad (South Africa) 1:14:27
3 Louisa
Leballo (South Africa) 1:15:00
4 Cornelia
Joubert (South Africa) 1:15:23
5 Lebogang
Phalula (South Africa) 1:16:18
6 Lavinia
Haitope (Namibia) 1:16:26
7 Mapaseka
Makhanya (South Africa) 1:17:17
8 Rutendo
Nyahora (Zimbabwe) 1:18:11
9 Christine
Kalmer (South Africa) 1:18:46
10 Rhudo
Monderwa (Zimbabwe) 1:19:53
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