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Bongmusa Mthembu won his maiden Comrades Marathon after clinching the 2014 'down run' title by a comfortable margin in Durban on Sunday.
The KZN runner crossed the line in a time of five hours, 28 minutes and 34 seconds, four minutes ahead of Gauteng's Ludwick Mamabolo, winner in 2012, who recorded a time of 5:33.14.
The first woman to cross the line, was Briton Eleanor Greenwood, who broke the Russian stronghold on the Comrades Marathon by becoming the first athlete from outside eastern Europe in 11 years to win the race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.
