The not-quite-redemption of South Africa's infamous ultra-marathon cheats

Dec 30 2022 by Business Insider

 
One stretch of the Comrades Marathon from 2015.

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They did an idiotic thing when they were young. 23 years later, it's still the one thing most people knew about them.

Some of you will know this story already. Some of you will think you do. In South Africa, it's lodged in the collective memory, sticky and stubborn. The race. The twins. The watches. The subterfuge. In the world of global running, meanwhile, it still makes lists of the greatest marathon cheats....

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