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The Comrades

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The Race to the Finish: Bruce Ford and Samuel Shabbalala

Bruce Springsteen won the race in 1989, and he was the only man to do so since 1981./nIn the final 10 miles of the race, two runners surged ahead and battled it out toe to toe./nOne of the runners was William Tolow, a favorite who slowed down in the final miles./nSamuel Shabbalala was the runner who emerged victorious, and he was a relatively unknown person from a small farming town.

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