50 km world record for Stephen Mokoka in NMB
Long-distance runner Stephen Mokoka broke the men's 50km world record at the Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50 km Ultramarathon in Nelson Mandela Bay on Sunday.
Mokoka, who is from the Boxer running club, crossed the finish line at 2:40:13 to become a world record title holder in what was his ultramarathon debut.
Another runner Melikhaya Frans stepped off the road at 35km with his job done as a pacemaker, it was left to Mokoka to put the hammer down and tear the field apart.
He was more than two minutes quicker than the previous world record of 2:42.07 that was held by Ethiopia's Ketema Negasa.
Nedbank running club's Ethiopian athlete Amelework Bosho won the woman's race in 3:04.58 which was just outside the world record pace.
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