Record-breaking wins for Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn at 2023 Comrades Marathon
Dijana stripped more than four minutes off David Gatebe’s best time of 5:18:19, in 2019, while Steyn broke a 1989 record which was held by Frith van der Merwe.
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‘This race was different from others,’ says Two Oceans winner Gerda Steyn
Record-breaking ultramarathon athlete, Gerda Steyn, speaks about her recent success at the Two Oceans Marathon.…
Record-breaking Gerda Steyn claims third consecutive Two Oceans Marathon title
Record-breaking Gerda Steyn claims third consecutive Two Oceans…
Holocaust survivor, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
Born in Bielsko, Poland, on May 8, 1924, Klein had enjoyed a "normal life" until the Nazis invaded in September 1939, according to her obituary. She and her family were forced into a ghetto and her parents were ultimately deported to…
Gerda Weissmann Klein, Honored Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
Then she heard a noise. Weighing just 68 pounds, her hair turned white from malnutrition, she made her way slowly to the door. Across a hill she could see a vehicle approaching. As it neared, she saw two men seated in front, and on its hood…