Durban – The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) announced that it is amenable to the provisional race date for next year’s Comrades Marathon.
CMA chairperson Mqondisi Ngcobo said: “After the success of this year’s 95th Comrades Marathon, runners have been eagerly enquiring about next year’s anticipated race date. The CMA board recently met and have declared that they are amenable to the race date of June 11, 2023, as circulated by Athletics South Africa (ASA) in a draft national fixture list on August 15, 2022.”
Ngcobo said the CMA had submitted an application to KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) for next year’s Comrades Marathon to be hosted on Sunday, June 11.
The CMA said that once approval of the June date has been confirmed by KZNA and/or ASA, details of the entry process, qualifying criteria and other race information would be revealed at the official media launch, the date of which would be announced in due course.
It said the CMA board’s strategic focus was to sustain the Comrades Marathon as the beloved, 101-year-old, iconic, national institution of a race. The world’s biggest, oldest and most famous ultra-marathon is part of the country’s national heritage and is symbolically and economically critical to the sport of athletics in KZN and South Africa.
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