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Nurit Shimels Yimam from Ethiopia on her way to achieving second place in last year’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. This year’s event has been cancelled and the organisers will stage a virtual marathon. Picture: Ryan Wilkisky / BackpagePix
Nurit Shimels Yimam from Ethiopia on her way to achieving second place in last year’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. This year’s event has been cancelled and the organisers will stage a virtual marathon. Picture: Ryan Wilkisky / BackpagePix

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This week the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon became the latest major South African road race to be knocked out because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. However, the organisers have confirmed that a planned virtual race will still go ahead on October 18.

Since the Covid-19 outbreak, most sporting codes have turned to this “virtual” phenomenon to compensate for events that have had to be cancelled altogether.

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