Sabastian Sawe of Kenya broke the men’s marathon world record at the London Marathon on Sunday, becoming the first person to run the distance in under two hours in a legal race. Sawe’s time, 1:59:30, obliterated the previous world record of 2:00:35, held by Kelvin Kiptum from the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
Yomif Kejelcha’s second-place time was 1:59:41. In the women’s elite race, Tigst Assefa broke her own women’s-only marathon world record, going nine seconds quicker than her winning time last year to finish in 2:15:41.
@sabastiansawe has now won all four major marathons he has raced. Read more about his latest victory at the link in @TheAthleticHQ’s bio. Photo by Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya broke the men’s marathon world record at the London Marathon on Sunday, becoming the first person to run the distance in under two hours in a legal race. Sawe’s time, 1:59:30, obliterated the previous world record of 2:00:35, held by Kelvin Kiptum from the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
Yomif Kejelcha’s second-place time was 1:59:41. In the women’s elite race, Tigst Assefa broke her own women’s-only marathon world record, going nine seconds quicker than her winning time last year to finish in 2:15:41.
@sabastiansawe has now won all four major marathons he has raced. Read more about his latest victory at the link in @TheAthleticHQ’s bio. Photo by Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
