Kelehe the 2015 Comrades champ
He clocked 5 hours 38 minutes and 35 seconds. Kelehe ended third in Comrades last year.
He is the brother of 2001 Comrades winner Andrew Kelehe.
The win for Gift Kelehe today is the fourth in a row for South African men in the Comrades.
Ludwick Mamabolo won in 2012, Claude Moshiywa in 2013 and Bongmusa Mthembu last year.
Kelehe works as a policeman in Rustenburg.
Mohammed Husien of Ethiopia was second today with South African, Hatiwande Nyamande, completing the 2015 top 3.
Here is the rest of the men's top 10 finishers:
4. Lebohang Monyele
5.Teboho Sello
6. Joseph Mputhi
7. Claude Moshiywa
8. Stephen Muzhingi
9. Sandile Ngunuza
10. Thuso Mosiea
Meanwhile, watch the ECR and Old Mutual runners' progress here. Antony Clapham, great grandson of founder of the race Vic, was looking fresh when we caught up with him.
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