Matheus and Smith win Hangana marathon

Jesaja Matheus from the Correctional Services road-running club won the Hangana 42.2km marathon on Saturday.Matheus completed the distance from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay in a time of 2:20:37. Formerly known as the Lucky Star Marathon, the Hangana Hake Run and Ride is Namibia's oldest coastal running and cycling event taking place in Walvis Bay. The weather played along with more than 500 athletes and cyclists from Australia, the USA, Canada and Namibia in action. This year's event included a marathon which serves as a qualifier for the Two Oceans and Comrades marathons in South Africa, and a 105km road cycling event sanctioned by the Namibia Cycling Federation. Sakaria Shifotoka finished second with a time of 2:20:38 while Erich Goeieman was third with a time of 2:24:27 in the full marathon. Stephanie Smith won the women's section and completed the distance in a time of 2:54:24. Risa Drey finished second with a time of 3:17:26 and Laura Parker was third with a time of 3:28:53. Beata Nagaimbo won the 21.1km half-marathon in a time of 1:16:37. Tania Wiese finished second in a time of 1:43:29. Julia Feliner finished third with a time of 1:46:26. Mynhardt Kauaninvi won the men's half marathon. He completed the race in a time of 1:12:40, followed by Tangeni Sackaria with a time of 1:14:57 and Eino Kambonde with a time of 1:20:36. Salmi Ndaviteko was the fastest woman in the 10km race. She completed the distance in a time of 0:32:12. Elizabeth Kawiwi followed in second with a time of 0:36:04 and Elizabeth Elias was third with a time of 0:37:48. Kornelius Nghilyeedele won the 10km race for men. He completed the distance in a time of 0:27:23. Arnoles Tjihuro was second with a time of 0:35:29 and Johan du Plessis third with a time of 0:38:09. Ada Khal was the fastest junior female with her time of 0:48:43 and Setian Huisemab the fastest junior male with his time of 0:34:23 over the 10km distance. JoJoe Hamunyela was the fastest cyclist in the 105km elite men's category with a time of 2:51:29. Lotto Petrus was second and Drikus Coetzee finished in third position. Silke Pritzen won the elite women's category in a time of 3:51:08 followed by Lorinda Viljoen in second place. Danica Visser won the 21km women's mountain-bike race with a time of 0:54:28 and Wynand Gouws won the men's event in a time of 0:44:16. In the fat-bike race over 21km Marion von Maltzahn won the masters women's category, Lonel Smith won the veterans' category and Karen Till won the veteran women's section. Robert Schaaf won the sub-veteran men's division, Sven Strotmenger won the veteran men's section, Torsten Herrman won the masters men's division and Johan Terblanche finished first in the grand masters' division. Jan Duvenhage won the girls' 5km kiddie's cycle race and Dionisio Dias won the boys' race.

Matheus and Smith win Hangana marathon

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Namibian Sun 2026-10-20

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Matheus and Smith win Hangana marathon

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