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News From: Friday, February 17, 2023
 Two Oceans Marathon (56km)
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   Two Oceans Marathon retains Gold Label Status (IOL)
Two Oceans Marathon was re-awarded the Gold Label Status by the International Association of Ultrarunners, under World Athletics.
 
News From: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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   Two Oceans Marathon go-ahead after apology to church leaders for Easter Sunday date clash (DAily Maverick)
The 2022 Two Oceans Marathon on April 16-17 is now a go when the City of Cape Town issued the final race permit after apology to church leaders on the Easter Sunday date.
 
News From: Thursday, March 17, 2022
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   Steyn scorches to Two Oceans Marathon record win (Team SA)
Ethiopia's Edndale Belachew won the 2022 Two Oceans Marathon (56K) in 3:09:05 while Gerda Steyn won the women's race in 3:29:42.
 
News From: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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   Two Oceans Marathon ends two-year dry spell with name change (IOL)
The 2022 Two Oceans Marathon returns on April 16 with a new sponsor, Totalsports.
 
News From: Thursday, February 18, 2021
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   Cancellation of SA marathons big blow for local athletes (The Herald)
The cancellations of Comrades Marathon and Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa have impacted local runners.
 
News From: Thursday, February 4, 2021
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   Two Oceans Marathon cancelled (The South African)
The 2021 Two Oceans Marathon, set on April 3, was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.
 
News From: Thursday, December 10, 2020
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   The year sports got canned: lessons from the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa (The Conversation)
A study on lessons about risk and reputational management as applied to the cancelled 2020 Two Oceans Marathon.
 
News From: Sunday, April 5, 2020
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   Two Oceans Marathon: The Cows reinvent ways to fundraise for CHOC during lockdown (Northglen News)
Wit the Two Oceans Marathon and other sporting events cancelled, people are coming up with unusual ways to fundraise for the CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa.
 
News From: Sunday, March 15, 2020
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   Two Oceans Marathon cancelled due to Covid-19 outbreak (The South African)
The 2020 Two Oceans Marathon, set on April 11, has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.
 
News From: Saturday, April 20, 2019
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   Mthembu adds Two Oceans win to Comrades triple triumph, Steyn retains women's title (IOL)
Bongmusa Mthembu won the 2019 Two Oceans Marathon in 3:08:40 while Gerda Steynwon the women's race in in 3:31.29.
 
News From: Thursday, January 25, 2018
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   #WaterCrisis: Two Oceans Marathon prepares for Day Zero (IOL)
Two Oceans Marathon is set on March 31 amidst the water crisis in Cape Town and the event has undertaken steps to save water.
 
   Water crisis: Two Oceans Marathon to go ahead, but ... (Sport24)
The 2018 Two Oceans Marathon set on March 31 will go ahead despite the water crisis.
 
News From: Sunday, April 5, 2015
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   Two Oceans Marathon 2015 Results: Men and Women's Top Finishers (Bleacher Report.com)
Motlokoa Nkhabutlane and Caroline Wostmann were the respective winners in mens and womens ultra-distance races at the the 2015 Two Oceans Marathon.
 
News From: Thursday, February 5, 2015
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   Two Oceans Ultra Entries Close (Sport24.co.za)
The Two Oceans Ultra Marathon has closed its entry list for the March 4 race.
 
News From: Sunday, April 20, 2014
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   Two Oceans Marathon 2014 Results (Bleacher Report)
Lebenya Nkoko won the Two Oceans Ultra-Marathon with a time of 3 hours 40 minutes and 7 seconds for the 56 kilometer course.
 
News From: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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   $95K Course Record Bonuses for Two Oceans Marathon Winners (Race Results Weekly)
Old Mutual, the title sponsor of Cape Town's Two Oceans Marathon, has put up this amount for any athlete who breaks the race records in the 45th running of the 56 km race on Saturday. The magnificent 3:03:44 run by Thompson Magawana in 1988 and the equally brilliant 3:30:36 that gave Frith van der Merwe the overall 22nd position in 1989 are the marks to beat.
 
News From: Friday, December 6, 2013
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   Two Oceans Winner Loses Title (Super Sport)
Russian ultra-marathoner Natalia Volgina has been stripped of her 2013 Two Oceans Marathon title due to a guilty verdict for using steroids.
 
News From: Saturday, March 30, 2013
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   Gatebe, Volgina Take Winning Honors at Two Oceans Marathon (Mail & Guardian)
David Gatebe won the forty-fourth Two Oceans Marathon in gale force winds. He ran the 56 kilometer race in 3 hours 8 minutes and 54 seconds
 
News From: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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   Two Oceans Marathon Set for Saturday in South Africa (Race Results Weekly)
Only one thing seems (fairly) certain about Saturdays 44th running of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town: the weather cannot be worse than last year, when torrential rain lashed the Cape Peninsula, making running the 56 km ultramarathon a nightmare and turning the sports fields at the finish into a more-than-ankle-deep quagmire of mud.
 
News From: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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   Biggest Field Ever for Two Oceans Marathon (IOL Sport)
A record field of over twenty-six thousand, five-hundred runners are expected to toe the line of the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town this Saturday.
 
News From: Monday, March 25, 2013
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   Two Oceans Marathon Fascinating Facts (All Africa.com)
A record field of over twenty-six thousand, five-hundred runners will line up for the March 30 Two Oceans Marathon
 
News From: Thursday, February 28, 2013
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   Record Number of Entries for Two Oceans Marathon (The Citizen)
The first Two Oceans Marathon kicked off in 1970 with 26 runners. The 2013 race day event has surpassed ten-thousand runners and will climb higher.
 
News From: Monday, April 9, 2012
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   Zimbabwe's Muzhingi Takes 2012 Two Oceans Ultra Marathon Crown (Athletics-Africa)
Stephen Muzhingi has won the Comrades Ultra Marathon three times and managed to win this weekends Two Oceans Ultra Marathon and will run Comrades agin on June 3, 2012
 
News From: Saturday, April 7, 2012
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   Muzhingi, Elena Nurgalieva Win Two Oceans Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Zimbabwe's Stephen Muzhingi bounced back from a disappointing NYC Marathon to win the 43rd Two Oceans Marathon in 3:08:00; while Russian Elena Nurgalieva took the women's race in 3:41:55, in the 56 kilometer race.
 
   Stephen Muzhingi Wins The Two Oceans Marathon (The New Age)
Stephen Muzhingi, three-time Comrades Marathon champion, has won the Two Oceans Marathon with a time of 3 hours 8 minutes for the 56 kilometer race.
 
News From: Thursday, April 5, 2012
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   Maine Eyes Two Oceans Win (iAfrica.com)
Tsotang Maine has his sights set on winning the Two Oceans Marathon. This will be the thirty-seven year olds third attempt at winning the fifty-six kilometer race.
 
News From: Thursday, March 29, 2012
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   Ramaala On 2012 Mission (Sowetan Live)
Hendrick Ramaala has decided to take on one of the high profile races in April or May in Europe or the U.S. in an effort to better his Olympic qualifying time.
 
News From: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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   Record Entry For Two Oceans Marathon (All Africa)
More than twenty-five thousand runners will to the line on Easter Sunday for the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa
 
News From: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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   High Hopes For Two Oceans Marathon (The Zimbabwean)
Race organizers of the Two Oceans Marathon expecting more than eight-thousand, five-hundred athletes to participate in the ultra-marathon.
 
News From: Sunday, September 11, 2011
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   Two Oceans Marathon Qualifying Window Open (Zimbabwean)
The qualifying window for the Two Oceans Marathon will occur from September 1, 2011 through March 7, 2012 as announced by the event's marketing manager.
 
News From: Monday, April 25, 2011
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   Muzhingi, Fokoroni's Two Oceans Marathon Show (All Africa)
George Ntshiliza of South Africa won the Two Oceans Marathon with a time of 3 hours 8 minutes and 31 seconds.
 
News From: Friday, April 22, 2011
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   Makaza Expected To Impress At Two Oceans Marathon (NewsDay)
Collen Makaza will be one of the underrated long-distance runners to toe the line at the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town this Saturday.
 
News From: Thursday, April 21, 2011
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   23,000 Runners To Take Part In Two Oceans Marathon (Eye Witness News)
This weekend more than twenty-three thousand runners will kick off the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town
 
   The Rise And Rise Of Two Oceans (Cape Argus)
Noel Stamper did not finish the first Two Oceans Marathon in 1970, but will compete this year in his forty-first outing of the event.
 
News From: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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   Class Field Chases Two Oceans Marathon Glory (SouthAfrica.info)
Eight of the top ten men from the 2010 Two Oceans Marathon return to take a shot at the overall title.
 
News From: Friday, April 1, 2011
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   Two Oceans Attracts Record Field (Super Sport.com)
On April 23, the Two Oceans Marathon will see a record field of nearly twenty-three thousand runners toe the starting line.
 
News From: Sunday, March 20, 2011
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   Big Guns Eye Two Oceans (City Press)
Mabuthile Lebopo will headline the list of top challengers for the Two Oceans Marathon.
 
News From: Thursday, March 17, 2011
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   Record Field Expected For Two Oceans (Idenpenden Online)
The Two Oceans Marathon held in Capetown next month is expecting a record field of participants with over seven-thousand, seven-hundred runners.
 
   Two Oceans Entries On Auction (Sport24)
The entry deadline for the Two Oceans Marathon has passed and runners who would still like to enter the race may do so by bidding on an auction for one of ten charity spots.
 
News From: Thursday, February 10, 2011
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   Biggest Field Ever For Two Oceans Marathon (Super Sport.com)
The Two Oceans Marathon will see the largest field in the race's history when it kicks off on April 23 with just over 14,000 athletes toeing the line.
 
News From: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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   More Than 100 Zimbabweans In Two Oceans Marathon (Zimbabwean)
Cape Town South Africa will play host to the Two Oceans 56Km Ultra-Marathon on April 23. The field was closed on January 31.
 
News From: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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   Two Oceans Marathon Popular As Ever (Standard)
The forty-first edition of the Two Oceans Marathon has seen a huge influx of runners over the past year.
 
News From: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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   Two Oceans Field Size Increased (IOL.co.za)
The Two Oceans Marathon has allocated an additional two-thousand entries for the half-marathon due to the recent boom in road running.
 
News From: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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   Swartbooi Prepares For Two Oceans Marathon (Namibian)
Luketz Swartbooi will forty-four years old at this years Two Oceans Marathon and he says he will be ready.
 
News From: Friday, December 17, 2010
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   Two Oceans Entries On Record Pace! (SouthAfrica.info)
The Two Oceans Marathon has registered a new record of entrants for the half-marathon and expects the race to fill by early January.
 
News From: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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   Two Oceans Marathon Entries On Record Pace (SouthAfrica.info)
The Two Oceans race event has captured a record number of half-marathon entries and it is expected to fill all entries by early January.
 
News From: Monday, December 13, 2010
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   Entries Pour In For Two Oceans (Sport24.co.za)
The Two Oceans Marathon has taken a record number of entries and race organizers expect the field to fill by January.
 
News From: Friday, October 15, 2010
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   Two Oceans Gets Prize Boost (Sport 24.com)
The Two Oceans Marathon kicks off on April 23, 2011 and has increased prize money by nearly fifty percent.
 
News From: Monday, April 5, 2010
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   Lesotho Trio Dominate Two Oceans (Dispatch Online)
Mabuthile Lebopo won the forty-first annual Two Oceans Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes and 18 seconds and led a contingent of three Lesotho athletes across the line of the 56 kilometer race
 
   First-timer's 10th Spot In Two Oceans (Weekend Post)
Sandile Ngunuza finished in tenth spot at the Two Oceans Marathon as the first South African to finish the 56 kilometer race with a time of 3 hours 15 minutes and 42 seconds.
 

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