Video: Sawe breaks down the road to a sub?2hr marathon
Watch: Kenyan Sabastian Sawe breaks down the year?long build to a sub?two hour marathon after setting a world record of 1:59:30 at the TCS London Marathon.
Watch: Kenyan Sabastian Sawe breaks down the year?long build to a sub?two hour marathon after setting a world record of 1:59:30 at the TCS London Marathon.
Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first man to officially break the two-hour barrier for the marathon with 1:59:30 world record at the TCS London Marathon 2026.
On Sunday it was not rain but heat that stopped Sabastian Sawe’s record chase. While Makau ran a ‘Rain world record’ in Berlin in 2010, Sawe now achieved a ‘Warm weather world record’.
Sabastian Sawe won the 51st BMW BERLIN MARATHON with a world leading time of 2:02:16 while Rosemary Wanjiru crossed the line in 2:21:05.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe will make his debut at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday, aiming for the course record of 2:01:09 set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2022.
Kenyans Sabastian Sawe and Rosemary Wanjiru will head deep start lists, with personal bests of 2:02:05 and 2:16:14 respectively, at the 2025 Berlin Marathon.
World half marathon champion Sabastian Sawe from Kenya will run the 2025 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September.
Sabastian Sawe dominates elite men’s TCS London Marathon field to keep the crown in Kenyan hands with commanding running reminiscent of Eliud Kipchoge’s prime.
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record at the 45th edition of the London Marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:15:50.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe wins the 2024 Valencia Marathon in a world leading time of 2:02:05 while Ethiopia’s Megertu Alemu was victorious in the women’s category with a time of 2:16:49.
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