South African athletes will run the London Marathon on Sunday, despite security concerns in the aftermath of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
Fresh off his ninth Boston Marathon win on Monday, South African wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk is aiming for a maiden victory at the London Marathon.
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/ 17 September 2008
Ernst van Dyk rounded off the Paralympics for South Africa on Wednesday with a bronze medal in the last event of the Games.
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/ 14 September 2008
Ernst van Dyk swapped sports as he went in search of a Paralympic gold medal and his boldness paid off when he won the hand cycling event.
South African Ernst van Dyk and Japan’s Wakako Tsuchida led all the way in winning the Boston Marathon wheelchair divisions on Monday. Van Dyk finished in one hour, 26 minutes and 49 seconds to win in Boston for the seventh time. Though it was the second slowest time of his seven victories, no one was near him when he crossed the finish line on Boylston Street.