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The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race

2026-04-26 · Recorded · mobility

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Sabastian Sawe wins the London Marathon in 1:59:30, taking one minute five seconds off Kelvin Kiptum's 2:00:35 and becoming the first athlete to run under two hours in a race that satisfies the record criteria; Yomif Kejelcha finishes second, also inside two hours. Tigst Assefa runs 2:15:41 for a women-only world record on the same day. The race reports 59,830 finishers. The men's world record, which lived in Berlin for most of a quarter-century and in Chicago from 2023, is now held on the London course.

Source

Sky Sports; corroborated by Olympics.com and FloTrack · https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/13536719/sabastian-sawe-wins-london-marathon-and-becomes-first-man-to-run-marathon-under-two-hours

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Subject

London Marathon · STANDARD_MARATHON_DISTANCE · TECH_CARBON_PLATED_RACING_SHOE · PHENOMENON_MASS_PARTICIPATION_MARATHON