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| Traumeel Wally Hayward Marathon South Africa Gauteng North Marathon May info@sportsvendo.co.za http://www.wally.org.za "Spokesperson for the comrades marathon association, Gary Boshoff, said the icon of the Comrades Marathon died in an old age home in Johannesburg, where he had spent his last years. Boshoff said: ""A couple of weeks ago, he was at a function where a cheque was handed to him. He looked very frail at the time."" Hayward's athletic career spanned 60 years, during which he competed and excelled at distances from 100m to 100 miles. He won his first Comrades Marathon in 1930 at the age of 21. He had won the national 10 mile championship earlier that year. Boshoff said: ""On his return to the race in 1950, he was discounted as a serious contender on the basis of his age - only to prove the critics wrong as he took the lead from halfway and won in a time of six hours and 46 minutes."" Having competed on the track in his early 20s, Hayward represented South Africa in the Empire and Olympic Games in the standard marathon, and set world records for ultra-marathon distances. Hayward was best known for his achievements in the Comrades Marathon. Friends persuaded him to participate in the 1988 Comrades Marathon - at the age of 79." |
