A Briton's claim to be the first person to run the length of Africa has been contested by a Danish man, who says he beat him to it 14 years ago. Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, finished his gruelling 352-day run from South Africa to Tunisia on Sunday, travelling close to 16,000km on foot.
' The WRA - comprised of seven members who successfully circumnavigated the world on foot - also claimed to have tried to contact Mr Cook to say that Mr Olsen and two other members, Serge Girard from France and Tony Mangan from Ireland, had also completed the challenge previously. The 'Hardest Geezer' set off from the southernmost point of South Africa, Cape Agulhas. He also finished further north than Mr Olsen, ran nearly 2,000 more miles and beat his time by 82 days.
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