Carte Blanche: Comrades Marathon cut-off leads to runner's rage

Carte Blanche: Comrades Marathon cut-off leads to runner's rageThere were hardly any runners near the finish line when the gun went off at the 12-hour mark of this year's Comrades Marathon. Why?

by Garrin Lambley

30-06-2023 16:11

in Entertainment

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On the running calendar, the Comrades Marathon is the toughest race on earth.

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Local and international competitors train for months, sometimes even years, for the opportunity to complete the brutal run.

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For the late finishers, the medal is priceless: confirmation that they've completed the race before the 12-hour cut-off time.

But this year, something went horribly wrong and hundreds of runners were cut off too soon .

In fact, there were hardly any runners near the finish line when the gun went off at the 12-hour mark, leaving the field uncharacteristically empty.

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With runners crying foul, claiming they've been unfairly deprived of their hard-earned medals, what went wrong?

Carte Blanche investigates.

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Carte Blanche is a South African investigative journalism television series which airs on M-Net every Sunday at 19:00.

Its first episode aired on 21 August 1988, and over the last 34-plus years has earned credibility among South African viewers for its investigation into corruption, consumer issues and current events.

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