Though some runners were admitted to intensive care, Comrades Marathon race doctor Jeremy Boulter has confirmed that no participants died during the 99th edition of the annual ultra-marathon race in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.
Boulter said on Monday that approximately 60 participants had been hospitalised, around 40 of whom were attended to along the 85.77km course, while the rest were treated at the medical tent at the finish in Pietermaritzburg before being admitted.
In total, 393 of the participants were treated in the medical tent at Scottsville Racecourse.
