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CMA Appoints New General Manager
Image: Alain Dalais The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alain Dalais as the new General...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 27, 20251 min read


Lené Swart co-opted onto Comrades Marathon Board
Image: Gijima Athletics News The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to announce the co-option of Lené Swart to its Board....

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 27, 20252 min read


Gerda Steyn Joins Hollywood Athletics Club
Gerda Steyn on the left, Image: Gijima Athletics News Three-time Comrades Marathon champion and five-time Two Oceans Marathon winner...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 15, 20252 min read


Comrades Roadshow Begins in Joburg in Three Weeks
Image: Comrades Marathon Association More Than A Race - Isiko Mpilo The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is excited to announce the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 15, 20251 min read


Barry Holland co-opted onto Comrades Marathon Board
Image: Gijima Athletics News The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to announce the co-option of Comrades Quadruple Green...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 8, 20252 min read


Chebet smashes world 5km record with 13:54 in Barcelona
Image: Ziao Jiang / organisers Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running a stunning 13:54* to shatter...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 2, 20251 min read


Yang and Bonfim confirmed winners of World Athletics Race Walking Tour
Dan Vernom China’s Yang Jiayu and Brazil’s Caio Bonfim have been confirmed as the overall winners in the 2024 World Athletics Race...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 18, 20242 min read


Get ready for the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K as 2025 entries open on Wednesday!
Image: Tobias Ginsberg The Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K will celebrate its third anniversary in ‘The Friendly City’ on Sunday, 13...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Obituary – Alen Hattingh
Image: Comrades Marathon Association The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is saddened by news of the passing of Alen Hattingh this...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 16, 20245 min read


Ratified: world records for Chebet, Duplantis, McLaughlin-Levrone, Chepngetich and Kawano
Image: Getty Images Women’s 10,000m 28:54.14 Beatrice Chebet (KEN) Eugene, 25 May 2024 Mixed 4x400m 3:07.41 United States (V Norwood, S...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 12, 20242 min read


Comrades Marathon Women’s Boot Camps Return in 2025
More Than A Race – Isiko Mpilo In line with its strategic focus of increasing female participation in The Ultimate Human Race, the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 11, 20242 min read


RECORDS TUMBLE AT ASA SUB-YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS - Day 1
The last national athletics championship of the year opened with a bang on Friday, as South Africa's youngest rising track and field...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20242 min read


Skotheim wins International Fair Play Award
Norwegian decathlete Sander Skotheim has been named winner of the International Fair Play Award as part of the World Athletics Awards...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20243 min read


Full qualification system and ‘road to’ tool launch for World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25
The full qualification system and the ‘road to’ tracking tool have been published for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 . As...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20241 min read


Around 5 billion people - 84 per cent of the potential global audience - followed the Olympic Games Paris 2024
A record 84 per cent of the potential global audience* followed the Olympic Games Paris 2024 according to independent research conducted...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20243 min read


1,000 Additional Comrades Entries Snapped Up in Less Than Two Hours
More Than A Race – Isiko Mpilo The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is thrilled to announce that 1,000 additional entries that were...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 6, 20241 min read


Refugee Olympic Team to compete at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
The Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 will be the first to include the participation of a Youth Refugee Olympic Team. This was decided by...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 5, 20242 min read


World Athletics Council commits to action against gender-based violence
The World Athletics Council committed to taking action against gender-based violence and made a series of other decisions ranging from...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 5, 20246 min read


CMA Announces New Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mqondisi Ngcobo as the new Chairperson and Mark...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 5, 20241 min read


Unprecedented Levels of Testing in Athletics in Lead-Up to Olympic Games
There was substantially more testing of competitors in athletics ahead of the recent Paris 2024 Olympic Games than in the lead-up to...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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