Adam Lipschitz arrived with a course record in his sights. He delivered with a blistering 1:02:21, breaking Joseph Seutloali’s previous Gun Run Half Marathon record. Irvette van Zyl’s comeback after seven years was another highlight of a massive Hollywood Athletics Club weekend.
🏆 Men: Adam Lipschitz, 1:02:21
🏆 Women: Irvette van Zyl, 1:14:03
🏆 10km Men: Stephen Mokoka, 29:36
🏆 10km Women: Olga Firsova, 35:17
Elite road running returns to the spotlight in Cape Town this weekend as Hollywood Athletics Club stars Irvette van Zyl and Stephen Mokoka headline the OUTsurance Gun Run. Van Zyl returns to the 21.1km race after seven years, while Mokoka makes his first Gun Run 10km appearance. Their presence adds Olympic experience, proven championship pedigree and elite road-running speed to one of Cape Town’s most established road races.
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The Olympic champion returns to Durban after eight years to headline one of the strongest road running fields ever assembled, with Kabelo Mulaudzi, Stephen Mokoka and Gilbert Kiprotich ready to challenge him. The women’s race could also deliver history through Brenda Jepchirchir.
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The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon continues its bid to become the continent’s first Abbott World Marathon Majors event, alongside races in New York, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, Tokyo, Sydney and London.
With deep international fields, national pride and history dangling like a finish-line ribbon across the horizon, Cape Town’s roads are set to roar beneath racing shoes at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES Cape Town 10K this weekend.
With its deepest elite field ever assembled, the 2026 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is no longer just chasing global relevance. It is already running shoulder to shoulder with the world’s best.
The 27-year-old Western Province Athletics (WPA) star clocked a blistering 59:13, shattering Stephen Mokoka’s five-year-old national record by 23 seconds and finishing fifth in a world-class field.
The Mother City’s streets comes alive this on Sunday as the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon takes a decisive stride toward Abbott World Marathon Majors glory in 2026. With two start lines in Green Point and…
Saturday’s Joburg 10K may belong to the speedsters, but with Gerda Steyn and Tete Dijana on the line, the city gets a rare treat with two ultra legends testing their legs on the challenging hilly route.
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