Lebogang Shange 1st South African to win IAAF Challenge Walk Series Race

Posted on March 23, 2015

Lebogang Shange, hpc sponsored race walker won the IAAF 20km race on Saturday in a time of 1:22:44s in Dudinska, Slovakia to actually reach another milestone becoming the first South African to win a race in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge-series. The series started in 2003.

Marc Mundell also from the hpc made sure that he qualified for the World Championships in Beijing by finishing 10th in the 50km walk. His time was 3 hours 56 minutes and 47 seconds.

- Author Wilhelm de Swardt

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