{
  "id": 16022613,
  "title": "Comrades Marathon organisers end rumours that novice runners were given preference",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/comrades-marathon-organisers-end-rumours-that-novice-runners-were",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:56:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/comrades-marathon-end-rumours-novice-runners/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A total of 3,923 novices (14% of the field) have been given entries for the 2027 race, compared to 5,377 first-timers (23.7%) who participated in 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}