Mohala Mohloli

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Mohala Mohloli
Personal information
NationalityLesotho
Born (1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 63)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Mahlala "Rasta" Mohloli (born 12 November 1961) is a Lesotho long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Career

Mohloli qualified for the marathon at the 1988 Olympics. At the Games, he ran 2:44:44 hours to place 82nd overall. [2]

After the Olympics, he focused on road running and ultramarathon races. He held the course record for the Om Die Dam Marathon for several years. [3]

He placed 6th at the 1999 Comrades Marathon. After that race he tested positive for nandrolone, a steroid, and received a two-year ban. [4] Mohloli claimed he did not intentionally take the drug, saying he was framed by an unknown doctor that injected him during a flu shot. [3] His medal and 9,000 Rand prize money were returned. [5] [6]

He resumed racing as a masters athlete at the 2001 City to City 50K run event in South Africa. [3] Despite being 45 years old, he was considered a top contender for the 2005 Comrades Marathon. He had recorded nine top-ten finishes at the race before the 2005 edition. [7]

Personal life

Mohloli lived in Maseru, Lesotho. He was described as "likeable, cool, and laid back" and was a popular figure. [8] [9] He trained with the Harmony Gold Running Club. [3] [10]

In 2011, Mohloli was one of ten athletes disowned by the Lesotho Athletics Amateur Association over a permit dispute. [11] He sought to disband the LAAA executive committee so that it could be run by former athletes. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohala Mohloli Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Mohala Mohloli at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 3 4 "City to City comeback for banned Comrade". iol.co.za .
  4. ↑ "Africa: Mohloli, Zhdanov are suspended Comrades athletes". allafrica.com . WOZA (Johannesburg).
  5. ↑ "Penge/pris/dop-forhold". kondis.no (in Norwegian).
  6. ↑ "Fordyce calls it the 'race of shame'". iol.co.za .
  7. ↑ "Top men in the Comrades". news24.com .
  8. ↑ Cottrell, Tom; Laxton, Ian; Williams, David (2000). Comrades Marathon Highlights and Heroes, 1921-1999. Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN   9781868420940 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Brothers caught in a switch". The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida). 25 July 1999. p. 750. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "TRACK AND FIELD; Deception in Marathon Has Race Officials Seeing Double". nytimes.com .
  11. ↑ Kabi, Pascalinah (26 March 2011). "LAAA disowns athletes". Sunday Express. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  12. ↑ Kabi, Pascalinah (6 November 2010). "Athletes denied Soweto Marathon permits". Sunday Express. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2025.


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