The King of Comrades
Apr 4, 2019 ·
9m 10s
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Between 1981 and 1990, Bruce Fordyce won South Africa’s Comrades Marathon – one of the most famous races in Africa – a record nine times. He talks to Simon Watts...
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Between 1981 and 1990, Bruce Fordyce won South Africa’s Comrades Marathon – one of the most famous races in Africa – a record nine times. He talks to Simon Watts about one of the ultimate tests of endurance and how he used the event to protest against the Apartheid regime.
PHOTO: The start of the Comrades Marathon (AFP/Getty Images)
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PHOTO: The start of the Comrades Marathon (AFP/Getty Images)
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