{"id":94902,"date":"2019-06-03T11:51:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=94902"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T12:15:12","slug":"nuwe-medalje-comrades-op-die-spel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/06\/03\/nuwe-medalje-comrades-op-die-spel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuwe medalje in Comrades op die spel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die twee het \u2019n uitdaging nodig gehad na die rugby teleurstelling en ook om hulle uit die kwaad \u00e9n veral die meisieskoshuis te hou.<\/p>\n<p>Brink het sy groot vriend uitgedaag om die Comrades te hardloop. Oosthuizen voltooi die wedloop in \u2019n tyd van 08:47:06 vir \u2019n brons medalje.<br \/>\nVandag spog hy met sewentien medaljes, waarvan drie goud.<\/p>\n<p>Di\u00e9 vriendelike onnie, van Laerskool Staatspresident C.R. Swart, kan Sondag geskiedenis maak, deur die eerste wenner van die Robert Mtshali medalje te word.<br \/>\nOosthuizen spog reeds met brons, silwer, goud, Wally Hayward en Bill Rowan medaljes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_94911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94911\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94911\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Robertm-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Robertm-Copy.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Robertm-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die Robert Mtshali medalje.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Die Robert Mtshali medalje is vernoem na die eerste nie-amptelike swart deelnemer aan die Comrades en word toegeken aan die drawwer wat die afstand tussen Pietermaritzburg en Durban binne nege tot tien ure afl\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p>Mtshali het die Comrades in 1935 in \u2019n tyd van 9 uur en 30 minute afgel\u00ea. Omdat die wedloop net vir blanke atlete was, volgens apartheidswetgewing, is sy tyd nie aangeteken nie.<\/p>\n<p>Comrades begin in Durban en eindig by die Scottsville perderenbaan in Pieteremaritzburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Johan het die laaste Londen na Brighton ultra-marathon gewen. Sy tyd was 5:50:29.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022In September 2006 stel hy \u2019n nuwe Guiness w\u00eareldrekord op vir die vinnigste gekombineerde tyd vir drie marathons binne drie dae tydens die Lake Tahoe wedlope.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Hy wen \u2019n goue medalje by die John F Kennedy 50 myler in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lees ook:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/87972\/nuwe-tierbaba-mbidi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuwe tierbaba by Mbidi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88140\/video-opruimingswerk-begin-na-drie-damwalle-breek-weens-wolkbreuk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Opruimingswerk begin na drie damwalle breek weens wolkbreuk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/87967\/annica-van-staden-slagoffers-verloor-duisende\/\" target=\"_blank\">Annica van Staden slagoffers verloor duisende<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88047\/video-seekoei-kuier-op-elandslaagte\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Seekoei kuier op Elandslaagte<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Soek jy nuus op \u2019n drafstap?<\/h3>\n<p>Stoor ons bystand nommer\u00a0(072 248 3855) en stuur ons \u2018n Whatsapp boodskap met die woorde \u201cAdd me\u201d om deel te word van ons uitsaailys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike\u201d ons op\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, of volg ons op\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0en\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Volg ons\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" 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