{"id":1709,"date":"2011-05-29T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2011-05-29T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T13:30:13","slug":"muzhingi-wins-2011-comrades-ahead-of-7-sa-mens-athletes-in-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/muzhingi-wins-2011-comrades-ahead-of-7-sa-mens-athletes-in-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Muzhingi wins 2011 Comrades Ahead of 7 SA Men’s Athletes in Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Durban \u2013 A very ‘happy’ Stephen Muzhingi has bagged his third straight Comrades Marathon<\/a> in Pietermaritzburg<\/a> on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwean has now run six comrades and drew from a wealth of experience to win the ultra marathon yet again. He ran the 87-km race in 5:32.45.<\/p>\n

South Africans Fanie Matshipa and Claude Moshiywa took second and third place respectively. The top 10 were made up of seven South African runners.<\/p>\n

Muzhingi broke away from Matshipa, with whom he shared the lead for around 20kms, with 14km remaining to the finish line.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwean athlete admitted to struggling over Polly Shortts<\/a>, the last of the race’s five big hills.<\/p>\n

Muzhingi said he was feeling pain and stiff legs during the Polly Shortts stint but recovered quickly to stay on course for the end of the race.<\/p>\n

Men’s results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Stephen Muzhingi (ZIM) 5:32.45<\/li>\n
  2. Fanie Matshipa (RSA) 5:34.29<\/li>\n
  3. Claude Moshiywa (RSA) 5:42.05<\/li>\n
  4. Jonas Buud (SWE) 5:42.44<\/li>\n
  5. Gift Kelehe (RSA) 5:43.59<\/li>\n
  6. Chasara Masiyatsva (ZIM) 5:44.33<\/li>\n
  7. Ludwick Mamobolo (RSA) 5:50.17<\/li>\n
  8. Charles Tjiane (RSA) 5:50.46<\/li>\n
  9. Brian Zondi (RSA) 5:51.08<\/li>\n
  10. Mncedisi Mkhize (RSA) 5:51.17<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Comrades Legend, Bruce Fordyce<\/a> completed his 28th Comrades in his 55th year and just missed a silver medal by 35 seconds.<\/p>\n

    \u2013 Kemantha Govender, BuaNews<\/p>\n

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