FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Great CityGames Manchester 2015 - Manchester - 10/5/15 South Africa's Stephen Mokoka finishes second in the men's Morrisons Great Manchester Run Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - South Africa's Stephen Mokoka, who had never run a 50km race before, broke the world record on home soil in Gqeberha on Sunday.
Mokoka, 37, crossed the finish line in two hours, 40 minutes and 13 seconds, beating the record set by Ethiopian Ketema Bekele Negasa (2:42:07) at the same event last year.
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