Zimbabwean man makes history at comrades marathon

May 24, 2009 by Born Free ·
Filed under: Sports, Zimbos who rock

A Zimbabwean man, Stephen Muzhingi (33) has won the 2009 Comrades marathon, becoming the first Zimbabwean ever to do so.

Muzhingi finished the gruelling race in a time of 5h23:26, the second-fastest recorded time in the 84 years of the marathon and three minutes short of the record, set last year by Leonid Shvetsov or Russia.

10 minutes later the defending champion went past the finish line in second place.

The 89km marathon started at 0530hrs this morning.

There were loud cheers as Muzhingi came to the end of the race, with some people screaming “Go Africa!” in apparent reference to the Russion domination of the marathon in recent years.

I am proud of you Muzh! Way to go!

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