Stunning victory for Shvetsov at Comrades Marathon
Posted June 17, 2007 at 04:30 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News, Race Recaps, Ultramarathons
Size doesn’t matter, at least not in the Comrades [Marathon].
Tall, strongly-muscled, long-striding Russian Leonid Shvetsov, 38, finally disproved the belief that big men can’t win the “down” Comrades when he shattered Bruce Fordyce’s venerable 21-year-old record…
Russians & South Africans poised to dominate Comrades Marathon
Posted June 13, 2007 at 10:13 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News, Race Recaps, Ultramarathons
South African men have won the last three “down” Comrades Marathons, but it seems likely that a Russian will be first across the line this Sunday, June 17, when the 82nd running of the world’s largest ultramarathon takes place…
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