Gerda Steyn made historical past on Saturday, claiming her seventh consecutive Totalsports Two Oceans Extremely Marathon title with a commanding efficiency across the iconic 56-kilometre course that took her via Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, over Chapman’s Peak and Constantia Nek to complete on the College of Cape City higher campus rugby fields on Saturday, 11 April, 2026.
The Hollywood Athletics Membership champion crossed the end line in a time of three hours, twenty-seven minutes and forty-three seconds, eclipsing all competitors on probably the most lovely marathon course on the earth.
The defending champion’s profitable time put her only one minute and eleven seconds away from her personal course file of three hours, twenty-six minutes and fifty-four seconds, set in 2024.
From the opening kilometres, Steyn demonstrated the shape and focus that has outlined her unprecedented dominance within the ultramarathon. Working along with her trademark fashion and psychological power, she managed the race all through the fifty-six-kilometre journey across the Cape Peninsula, establishing herself as the only feminine champion within the elite discipline.
Kenya’s Margaret Jepchumba produced a powerful debut efficiency to safe second place in three hours, thirty-three minutes and thirty-one seconds, with Zimbabwe’s Nobukhosi Tshuma claiming the ultimate podium place in three hours, thirty-eight minutes and thirty-four seconds.
The highest-ten finishers represented seven nations, highlighting the worldwide calibre of elite girls’s ultramarathon racing and the Two Oceans Marathon’s standing as a world-class occasion.
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Steyn’s seventh consecutive victory represents an unprecedented achievement in Two Oceans Marathon historical past and cements her legacy as the best feminine ultramarathoner of her era, and this victory underscores the dedication and help she has acquired from her membership, coaches and the complete nation behind her.
The 2026 winner acquired the improved girls’s prize purse of R380,000, reflecting the rising funding in girls’s sport throughout South Africa and the popularity of elite athletic achievement.
Main Elite Outcomes from the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Extremely Marathon (56km)
1. Gerda Steyn (South Africa) 03:27:43
2. Margaret Jepchumba (Kenya) 03:33:31
3. Nobukhosi Tshuma (Zimbabwe) 03:38:34
4. Shelmith Muriuki (Kenya) 03:39:14
5. Rholex Jelimo Kogo (Kenya) 03:40:39
6. Mildred Chepkemei Kinyanja (Kenya) 03:42:42
7. Bize Beyira Negasa (Kenya) 03:42:42
8. Bize Beyira Negasa (Ethiopia) 03:43:00
9. Neheng Khatala (Lesotho) 03:43:43
10. Courtney Olsen (United States) 03:44:40
Major Picture Caption: Gerda Steyn celebrates her historic seventh consecutive Totalsports Two Oceans Extremely Marathon victory after finishing the gruelling 56-kilometre course across the Cape Peninsula, ending on the College of Cape City on Saturday, 11 April, 2026. Picture: Totalsports
