Sipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Sipho Ngomane of Nelspruit started running at the age of 16 after playing soccer initially. On 16 June 2005, Ngomane won the 80th Comrades Marathon race, after he ran down from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in a time of five hours, 27 minutes and 10 seconds mentored by Nic Bester. He was the second youngest to win the race.

Sipho is now listed on the Comrades records as a professional Sportman who ran just three minutes over than Bruce Fordyce’s 1986 record.

How we know this

01News24, (2005), Humble Ngomane ‘was just lucky’, from News24 ,16 June [online], Available at www.news24.com [Accessed: 5 June 2014]
02South Africa the Good News, (2005), Comrade Sipho shows who is boss! , 17 June [online], Available at www.sagoodnews.co.za [Accessed:5 June 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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