Key update on condition of recently found Comrades runner
On Monday it was confirmed that Comrades runner, Moira Harding, had been found after previously being reported missing soon after completing the ultramarathon in Durban on Sunday.
Harding was found near the National Sea Rescue Institute base in The Point area of Durban, which is nearly as much as 7km away from the marathon's finishing point at People's Park.
After Harding was reported missing, a massive overnight search was launched, and which proved fruitless until the early hours of Monday morning.
Garrith Jamieson, the director of ALS Paramedics, has provided a key update when speaking to SABC News .
Jamieson said a few 'leads' were followed, and that it remains unclear how Harding ended up near the NSRI base before being airlifted to hospital once she was found between 07:00 and 08:00.
In providing an update on her condition, he commented: 'It had a lot to do with temperature, she had just finished a marathon, a very long run, and your body is already tired. Then with the weather and being outside all night, anyone would be cold, especially with the rain.
'She was extremely cold, hyperthermic, which leads to a further state of confusion.'
Harding's family are also said to have stated that she was discovered disoriented and rushed to a hospital, believed to be in Umhlanga.
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