DURBAN - The Comrades Marathon Association has confirmed that all tested athletes, who completed the 2026 Comrades Marathon returned negative results for prohibited substances.
This clearing the way for more than R8-million in prize money and incentives to be paid out by the CMA,
as well as for the issuing of gold medals to the top 10 men and women.
The South African Institute of Drug-free Sport returned all taken tests to the CMA, which showed a clean bill of health from those tested.
Winners George Kusche and Gerda Steyn's record-breaking performances saw them both earn over R2-million in prize money and incentive bonuses.
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These include first-place prize money and a sponsors' top-up of R925,000. Add to that R242,000 prize for being the first South African over the line.
As well as earning a R605,000 incentive bonus for breaking the best time previously recorded for the Up Run.
Thrown in is a further sponsors' bonus of R550,000 for the Best Average Pace throughout the race.
All this comes to individual winnings of R2.3 million each.
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