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SuperSport to broadcast Comrades Marathon
For the first time in its 46 years of televised coverage, the Comrades Marathon will be aired on SuperSport.
THE iconic ultramarathon is set to take place on Sunday, 28 August 2022 after being cancelled for the past two years.
The 95th Comrades Marathon will be a Down Run. The race starts at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 05h30 and ends 12 hours later at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, covering a 90,2km distance. This will be the 47th Down Run in Comrades history.
National athletics federation, Athletics South Africa (ASA) made the announcement of the four-year partnership with SuperSport at a launch in Johannesburg recently.
According to the agreement reached, the Comrades Marathon broadcast will be available to SuperSport’s continental subscriber base across all packages, ensuring inclusivity and widespread coverage.
On race day, SuperSport will be live from 05h00 as they build up to the Comrades start at 05h30. There will be a continuous live broadcast right up until the 12-hour cut off takes place at the Moses Mabhida Stadium at 17h30, when the SuperSport team will wrap up the day’s action and go off air at 18h00, making it a 13-hour live production.
In being inclusive and representing the whole field of Comrades athletes, some of the creative ideas include telling the wide variety of running stories on the day, not just that of the elite men’s and women’s races. They will also be featuring iconic moments and places along the 90km Comrades route.
“We are grateful to Athletics South Africa for finalising this deal and ensuring that the Comrades Marathon and its sponsors get the requisite television airtime that the sport so greatly deserves,” said Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) Race Director, Rowyn James.
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