The Mpumalanga Marathon started as what seemed like a prank and has now devolved into little more than a scam.
Ethiopian athlete Tadu Nare has been told she’s not receiving her prize money for winning the Mpumalanga Marathon. Picture: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
Nonetheless, the race went ahead, and with a massive carrot on the line, some elite athletes turned up hoping for a big pay day., a regular contender on South African roads, who gave up a guaranteed $40,000 appearance fee at the Sydney Marathon in the hope that she could earn more in Mpumalanga without having to produce as fast a time as she would have been expected to run in Australia.
Local media have already reported that service providers have not been paid, with sponsors pulling out after organisers failed to register the race as a non-profit with Sars.
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