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Leonid Shvetsov retires from running

runner — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:07:42 +0000

Current Comrades Marathon record holder for the “Up” and “Down” runs, Leonid Shvetsov, confirmed in a statement to the Comrades Marathon Association that he has decided to retire from all competitive running with immediate effect.... Read more

Comrades Marathon 2009 results

runner — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:14:46 +0000

33 year-old Stephen Muzhingi from Zimbabwe won the 2009 Comrades Marathon in time of 5:23:27. Second place Leonid Shvetsov of Russia in 5:33:10 and third place Charles Tjiane in 5:34:21. Stephen Muzhingi reached 3rd place in last years 2008 Comrades.... Read more

Stephen Muzhingi wins Comrades Marathon 2009 in 5:23:27!

runner — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:30:59 +0000

33 year-old Zimbabwean Stephen Muzhingi won this years Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, in 5:23:27, the second fastest time in history today.... Read more

Champion Leonid Shvetsov confirms Comrades Marathon 2009

runner — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:38 +0000

Leonid Shvetsov, defending champion and current record holder, of the last two Comrades Marathons, confirmed today that he will be lining up at the start of this year’s Comrades Marathon down run in Pietermaritzburg on 24 May in Nedbank Running Club colours.... Read more

CMA vindicated in Shvetsov case

runner — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:31:02 +0000

After the 2007 Comrades Marathon, Leonid Shvetsov, the reigning Comrades Marathon Champion and holder of both the Up and Down run records respectively for the race, instituted a legal claim against the CMA for allegedly reneging on the incentive offered for setting a new record.... Read more

2008 Comrades Marathon results

runner — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:24:23 +0000

Leonid Shvetsov raced into the Comrades Marathon record books this morning after a second successive victory in the world’s most important ultramarathon road race. The tall Russian smashed Vladimir Kotov’s eight-year-old ”up” run record by 47 seconds, coming home in 5:24:46 and beating second-placed Jaroslav Janicki by an incredible 13:41, one of the largest victory margins in recent Comrades history. This means that Shvetsov becomes the first man since Bruce Fordyce to win in both directions and to own both records.... Read more