Central SA
Comrades champ defends Two Oceans─── LUCKY NKUYANE 11:30 Sun, 17 Apr 2022
Free State-born athlete Gerda Steyn has won the women's Totalsports Two Oceans ultramarathon race this morning.
She has now won the race for the third time in her career and it is also her third straight win at the iconic 56km race.
ALSO READ: Central SA dominates #ComradesMarathon2019
The Bothaville-born clocked 3:29:42.
She won the race in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
This is Botha's fourth ultramarathon title after winning the 2019 Comrades Marathon in a time of 5:58:53.
The 2022 Comrades is a 'down race' meaning that it will be run between Pietermaritzburg and Durban on 28 August.
Another South African, Irvette van Zyl, came in second place and clocked 3:30:31.
On its Twitter account, the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon said:
— Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon (@2OceansMarathon) April 17, 2022
