The picturesque Lievland Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, was a hub of excitement on 18 – 19 October when just over 5500 eager sports enthusiasts and lovers of the outdoors toed the line to partake in the action of the much anticipated IMPI Challenge.
Multisport athlete Stuart Marais claimed gold in the men’s IMPI Elite Race with an impressive finishing time of 02hours04minutes03seconds, while Chantel Nienaber claimed a long overdue victory in the women’s IMPI Elite Race with a deserving finishing time of 02hours36minutes23seconds. Having been the first male and female IMPI to cross the finish line after successfully completing all obstacles, Stuart Marais and Chantel Nienaber each took home a whopping R10 000.00 prize purse. In the men’s race Iain Don-Wauchope came in second and Christiaan Greyling finished third. In the women’s race Dominique D’Oliveira came in second, while Tanya Rabie finished third.
According to Marais, the IMPI Elite Race was a lot of fun.