Dijana and Steyn crowned 2025 Comrades champions
Tete Dijana won the 2025 Comrades Marathon in a race for the ages, beating last year’s winner Piet Wiersma with a time of 5:25:28.
🥇 𝟓:𝟐𝟓:𝟐𝟖 🥇
Tete Dijana wins the 2025 Comrades Marathon in a race for the ages 👏👏
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw pic.twitter.com/sb5uJeBF48 — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
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The South African runner also won the race in 2022 and 2023.
He said to expect the unexpected 😏
Tete Dijana puts the struggles of 2024 behind him with an emphatic win 👇
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw pic.twitter.com/GdU5y633N4 — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
Here are the top ten finishers in the Men's Race for 2025 👟🎽
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw pic.twitter.com/ZbI2s2ZImS — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
Gerda Steyn of South Africa clinched the women’s race after crossing the line with a time of 05:51:19 to clinch her third consecutive title.
She becomes only the third woman in history to win four or more titles at the Ultimate Human Race.
𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐃𝟒 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐘𝐍 🥇🔥
South Africa's Queen of Marathon running wins the 2025 Comrades Marathon 👏👏
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw pic.twitter.com/NfRPCTA1Pn — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
For Steyn, the iconic ultra-marathon transcends mere competition, holding a deeply personal significance that has shaped her career and life.
She shattered the Comrades Down Run record in 2023 with an astonishing 5:44:54 – becoming only the fourth woman to ever complete the race in under six hours.
The People's Champion 🤩🇿🇦
Gerda Steyn dedicates her win to all her supporters ❤️🙌
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw pic.twitter.com/auAqr0rx16 — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
Three South Africans claim Gold Medals in the 2025 Women's Comrades Marathon 🇿🇦🥇
📺 Stream #Comrades2025 on DStv: https://t.co/rM90YyQxaw#HereForHer pic.twitter.com/VpbPpeAIqm — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
Louis Massyn, meanwhile, created Comrades history as he became the first athlete to complete 50 marathons.
Louis Massyn does the unthinkable 🐐🎽
He is the first athlete to complete 5️⃣0️⃣ Comrades Marathon races 👏👏#SSAthletics | #Comrades2025 pic.twitter.com/mOA1273SX7 — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) June 8, 2025
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