In a rather shocking development, 1991 Comrades Marathon champion, Nick Bester was attacked while jogging in the Magalies Mountain, north of Tshwane.
Bester is in a critical condition in a Pretoria hospital undergoing scans following the attack, reports Daily Sun.
His son Shaun-Nick Bester told the publication, his father was “busy training in the Magalies Mountain, close to his house,” and got attacked from behind and hit with a rock over the head.
“They continued to hit him breaking three ribs, his cheekbone and he has a lot of trauma to the head and cut all over his body,” explained Shaun-Nick on Monday morning.
“They took off his clothes and tied him up and left him in the mountain. He managed to escape down the mountain by sliding on his back until he was right against someone’s fence.”
Shaun said his father who is the general manager of the Nedbank Running Club, which is based in Rosslyn, Pretoria, is in ICU undergoing more scans.
Read: Video: Drama at Khitsane’s funeral as sister accuses wife of infidelity on live TV