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May-24-2014
Cape Town Marathon Winner DQ's For Doping; Gets Four-Year Ban
by Riel Hauman
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
The winner of the Cape Town Marathon on September 22 last year, Lindikhaya
Mthangayi, has been banned by the South African Institute for Drug-Free
Sport (SAIDS) for a period of four years after testing positive for an
anabolic steroid, Methandienone, after the race. Mthangayi, who also
returned a positive test four years previously, will only be eligible to
compete again after September 21, 2017.
His first place in the Cape Town Marathon has been scrapped and all his
results since then have been annulled. The performances in question are (he
won all these races except the Gun Run Half-Marathon, where he placed
second): October 5 Cape Gate 10 km, 30:52; October 13 Gun Run
Half-Marathon, 1:04:20; October 19 Foot of Africa Half-Marathon, 1:09:59;
November 3 Landmarks Half-Marathon, 1:06:22; November 9 West Coast
Half-Marathon, 1:09:28; November 16 Winelands Half-Marathon, 1:07:54.
Mthangayi, 34, ran a personal best of 2:17:03 in the Cape Town race and
earned R20,000 (USD 2034). First place will now go to Paul Manwa (KEN), who
clocked 2:17:51, second to Pumlani Nxusani (2:19:07 PB) and third to
Siyabonga Makhaluza (2:20:33). All runners behind them move up one position
as well.
In 2009 Mthangayi tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine and
was banned for six months.
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