Record-breaking women's Comrades Marathon champion, Gerda Steyn, has made the farming town of Bothaville in the Free State proud. Steyn broke the 13-year-old record of Russia's Ellena Nurgalieva by more than 10 minutes in the up run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. In less than two months, Steyn won South Africa's most prestigious ultra-marathon titles -- the Two Oceans and the Comrades. The Newly Crowned Comrades Champion spoke to SABC Sports News Senior Sports Reporter Thabiso Sithole.
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