Missing Comrades Marathon runner found near port
MOIRA Harding, the missing Comrades Marathon runner, has been found in a critical condition on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Durban.
On Sunday, appeals for help were shared widely on social media after she went missing at the Comrades finish.
Harding, representing the Fish Hoek Athletic Club, was recorded as finishing in under 11 hours on the Comrades live tracker app.
According to ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson, a wide-scale search was launched for the missing runner.
'She was found in a critical state and was transported to hospital by helicopter. Advanced life support paramedics, SAPS, Metro Police Search and Rescue were all on scene near the NSRI base at the end of Mahatma Gandhi Road (Point Road),' Jamieson said.
Her brother-in-law, Sean Baldwin, said they were relieved that she has been found safe and is being transported to a hospital in Durban.
'She was found near the port and we are waiting at the hospital,' he said.
Harding, who is originally from Durban and now lives in Cape Town, ran the Comrades Marathon with her sister Fiona.
'They ran together for most of the route and around the 70km or 80km mark they split. Fiona finished 20 minutes ahead of her. There were reports of her last seen in the runners' pen but nothing since then,' Baldwin said.
A mission person's case had been opened at the Durban Central police station.
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