Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 116, March 2019 | Page 10

ROAD RUNNING
Olympian with
Comrades
Ambitions
In 2008 he finished sixth in the Olympic Games 1500m final, having already won multiple SA titles on the track and carved
out a promising career on the global stage, so few would have guessed that Juan van Deventer’s ultimate dream was
always to run the Comrades Marathon. Unfortunately, having seen his running career decimated by an accident while out
training, he is finally going to chase that Comrades dream, and what’s more, “I’m going there to be competitive,” says the
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BY MANFRED SEIDLER
ISSUE
MARCH
2019 / –
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