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Innocent Kurira
Sports Reporter
AFTER a four-year hiatus, organisers of the PPC Matopos 33-Miler yesterday announced that the event is back on the calendar.
They said it is back bigger and better and announced that US$34 000 had been set aside for prizes.
The 53km race has been set for April 7 and promises to be an exciting event with an array of prizes for top finishers in a number of categories and events to take part on the day.
PPC head of sales and marketing, Nkosana Mapuma, said the theme for this year’s event will be “Sure Race 2.0”.
“Our event is going to be reloaded this year since we had taken a break. We want to regain the momentum that we had in the past.
“The event also reflects on our perseverance and endurance to preserve our heritage through this race.
“The event is back and it is going to be back with a bang.
“In the last event we had in 2019 we had a record attendance of 3 700 athletes. It is our hope that we will be able to have a much higher number this year,” said Mapuma.
Winners of the main event, which will be the 53km Ultra-Marathon in both the men and women’s categories, will get US$2000.
The rest of the prize breakdown will be availed in due course.
Registration was expected to open online yesterday while physical registration is set to start at BAC on a date to be announced.
Registration fees are pegged at US$20 for the 53km event and US$10 for the other categories.
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