VIDEO: Missing Comrades Marathon runner found near port
The 57-year-old had been missing since crossing the finish line on Sunday afternoon.
MOIRA Harding, the missing Comrades Marathon runner, has been found in a critical condition on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Durban.
On Sunday, appeals for help were shared widely on social media after she went missing at the Comrades finish.
Harding, representing the Fish Hoek Athletic Club, was recorded as finishing in under 11 hours on the Comrades live tracker app.
According to ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson, a wide-scale search was launched for the missing runner who was found on Monday morning (June 9).
“She was found in a critical state and was transported to hospital by helicopter. Advanced life support paramedics, SAPS, Metro Police Search and Rescue were all on scene near the NSRI base at the end of Mahatma Gandhi Road (Point Road),” Jamieson said.
Her brother-in-law, Sean Baldwin, said they were relieved that she has been found safe and is being transported to a hospital in Durban.
“She was found near the port and we are waiting at the hospital,” he said.
Harding, who is originally from Durban and now lives in Cape Town, ran the Comrades Marathon with her sister Fiona.
“They ran together for most of the route and around the 70km or 80km mark they split. Fiona finished 20 minutes ahead of her. There were reports of her last seen in the runners’ pen but nothing since then,” Baldwin said.
Colonel Robert Netshiunda, KZN SAPS spokesperson, confirmed police are investigating the circumstances around Harding’s disappearance.
“The woman was found on Monday morning after an intensive search by police’s Search and Rescue officers, working with other law enforcement and private entities. She was found in the Point area of Durban. She is currently in hospital and although she was found with no visible injuries, police will await medical report which will determine police’s next course of action,” he said.
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