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Comrades gold medal turns Wright’s life around

admin June 4, 2016March 22, 2022 Derick Fredericks, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, John September, Keith Meyer, Peter Hartnick, Tobias Philander

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WINNING the last gold medal in the 1996 Comrades Marathon changed Donovan Wright’s life from one…

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