In only his second Comrades ever, a former security guard from Mahikeng in the North West Province, is the 2022 Comrades Marathon winner. In his first comrades, in 2019, Tete Dijana (34) finished in 50^th place.

Dijana crossed the finish line at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in a time of 05:30:38.

🇿🇦 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 💪💥

At the last Comrades Marathon, Tete Dijana finished 50th, today he walks away as a CHAMPION 🏆

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— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) August 28, 2022

2019 champion and Dijana’s teammate from the Nedbank Running Club, Edward Mothibi, finished second.

𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 🔥🔥

1⃣ Tete Dijana
2⃣ Edward Mothibi
3⃣ Dan Moselakwe

Team #MoreThanAClub claims a podium sweep at the #ComradesMarathon2022 💚 pic.twitter.com/gXoIRmAEb1

— Nedbank Sport (@nedbanksport) August 28, 2022

The 95th Comrades Marathon saw thousands of athletes take off from Pietermaritzburg to Durban this morning.

Race officials measured and confirmed the official distance of this year’s Comrades Marathon down run at 89.885km.

In the women’s race, Russia’s Alexandra Morozova claimed first place in a time of 06:17:48.

Poland’s Dominkia Stelmach claimed second position, and the first South African woman to cross the finish line was Adele Broodryk, who finished third.

The marathon sees runners from 70 nations around the world competing in the race.

The five top international contingents are from the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, India, Eswatini and Brazil.