
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.
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.





Charne Bosman , the 1st SouthAfrican women , came in third in the Comrades Women’s race . Image: Jackie Clausen