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Former comrades champion Nick Bester is in the UCI after being attacked while training in the Magalies mountains near his home.
Former comrades champion Nick Bester is in the UCI after being attacked. Image: Nedbank Running Club
Former Comrades champion Nick Bester is in the UCI after being attacked while training in the Magalies Mountains near his home on Sunday.
In a post on Instagram, Bester’s son Shaun-Nick said his father had been hit in the head with a stone, stripped of his clothes and beaten. The former elite triathlete suffered three broken ribs, a broken cheekbone and cuts all over his body.
Shaun-Nick said his father was in ICU, where he will have more scans. “They kicked him, beat him and threatened him with a knife, and left him with a broken rib, his attackers stole his bike. They took off his clothes, tied him up and left him on the mountain. He managed to escape. The mountain sliding on his back until it was right up against someone’s fence. “
Adriaan Cronje, administrator of the Nedbank Running Club, where Bester is the athlete manager, told the Citizen: “He was attacked and apparently will undergo surgery, but we don’t know more than that at this time.”
This is not the first time Bester has been attacked in a robbery. He survived a similar attack in 2010 while training. And in 2016, he suffered injuries while saving a friend from a possible shark attack in Plettenberg Bay.
It seems like everyone already knows after Beeld called me a few minutes ago …
So I can also post this.
My father was busy training this morning on the magalies mountain near his house and he got… https://t.co/W4Hmfj74F8
– Shaun-Nick Bester (@ShaunNickBester) August 30, 2020
Nick Bester, the 1991 Comrades champion, was robbed this morning in Pretoria while training for the Battle of Sports event. He was seriously assaulted. His bicycle was stolen. pic.twitter.com/vRslMNfDhk
– Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) August 30, 2020
Bester began coaching the Comrades in 1985 and finished 67 in a time of 6:38 to win a silver medal. He finished 25th in 1987. His third attempt saw him win his first gold medal when he finished third. The following year he followed with a fourth position in 1990. In 1991 Bester finally won the 66th Comrades in a time of 5:40:53.
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