1990s Comrades Marathon
comrades marathon house, cma s headquarters in pietermaritzburg race statistics , memorabilia kept
during 1990s size of starting fields in region of 12,000 14,000 runners. in 1995 prize money introduced, attracting more foreign competitors. traditional race day of may 31, formerly republic day, changed june 16, anniversary of soweto uprising.
in 1992 charl mattheus, crossed finish line first, later disqualified after testing positive banned substance. claimed contained in medicine had taken sore throat, jetman msutu elevated winner, becoming second black winner of comrades. in sad twist mattheus, substance banned later removed iaaf s banned substance list since evidence pointed having no performance enhancing properties. mattheus suffered negativity in public eye later managed redeem clean image emphatic faultless win in 1997 down run beating strong local , international field.
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