{"id":26915,"date":"2022-03-06T20:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=26915"},"modified":"2022-03-06T19:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:20:42","slug":"sa-athlete-stephen-mokoka-breaks-50km-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sa-athlete-stephen-mokoka-breaks-50km-world-record","title":{"rendered":"SA athlete Stephen Mokoka breaks 50km world record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South African athlete Stephen Mokoka set the 50km men’s world<\/p>\n

record in a road race in Gqeberha on Sunday.Mokoka’s time of 2:40:13 has been recognised as the world<\/p>\n

record by World Athletics.WORLD RECORD ??<\/p>\n

Stephen Mokoka ???? breaks the world 50km record at the Nedbank #Runified 50km in Gqeberha, South Africa!<\/p>\n

For his racing debut on the distance, the three-time Olympian crosses the finish line in 2:40:13 ??<\/p>\n

*subject to ratification\u2014 World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 6, 2022Mokoka, a three-time Olympian, has been running marathons<\/p>\n

for more than a decade but made history in his first 50km race.He won by almost four minutes and improved the inaugural<\/p>\n

world 50km record of 2:42:07 that had been set by Ethiopia’s Ketema Negasa at<\/p>\n

the same event last year.”I’m tired,” Mokoka, 37, said in his post-race<\/p>\n

interview. “It’s a long way and I don’t know how I’m going to feel later,<\/p>\n

but I enjoyed it.”Mokoka has won national titles in his career, ranging from 1 500m up<\/p>\n

to the marathon. His marathon best is 2:07:40 from Shanghai in 2015, while<\/p>\n

he set the South African half marathon record when running 59:36 to place<\/p>\n

seventh at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia.SA’s Tete Dijana was runner-up to Mokoka, clocking 2:44:08, with compatriot and 2019 Comrades winner, Edward Mothibi, third in 2:45:27.Given the increasing popularity of 50km road races, the<\/p>\n

decision to add the distance to the list of events for which world records are<\/p>\n

recognised was made at the World Athletics Council meeting in Tokyo in July.<\/p>\n

Negasa’s 2:42:07 was then ratified as the inaugural men’s world 50km record at<\/p>\n

the start of this year, while the 3:04:24 run by South Africa’s Irvette van Zyl<\/p>\n

in the same 2021 event was ratified as the world 50km record for a women-only<\/p>\n

race.In Sunday’s women’s race, Ethiopia’s Amelework Fikadu Bosho won in a<\/p>\n

dominant time of 3:04:58.Kenya’s Shelmith Muriuki was second in 3:08:30, while Van<\/p>\n

Zyl was third in 3:13:23.World Athletics confirmed the record was subject to the usual<\/p>\n

ratification procedure.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. South African athlete Stephen Mokoka set the 50km men’s world record in a road race in Gqeberha on Sunday.Mokoka’s time of 2:40:13 has been recognised as the world record by World Athletics.WORLD RECORD ?? Stephen Mokoka ???? breaks the world 50km record at the Nedbank #Runified 50km in Gqeberha, South Africa! 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