LESOTHO athletes reigned supreme at the Hollywoodbets Durban 10km race yesterday morning, with Olympian Tebello Ramakongoana and Neheng Khathala winning the respective mens and womens categories.
Ramakongoana, who finished sixth in the marathon at the Paris 2024 Games, crossed the finish line just a second ahead of South Africas Elroy Gelant, who was also an impressive performer at the Olympics with 11th place.
The Lesotho athlete took home local runnings biggest 10km cheque of R37 500 thanks to his 2807 run in pretty windy conditions that put paid to the organisers hopes that the strong field would result in the national record being broken.
But try as they might, the likes of Gelant, last years winner Kabelo Mulaudzi, who came fourth, and the legendary Stephen Mokoka fifth could not get anywhere near Precious Masheles 2735 mark.
Ramakongoana was pretty chuffed with himself, given that he is still recovering from the challenging Olympic marathon.
