Sawe runs first official sub two-hour marathon

Kenyan athlete Sabastian Sawe has become the first person to
run a sub-two-hour marathon, clocking 1:59:30 and smashing the late
Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record by more than a minute in London

FASTEST MEN’S
MARATHONS: Time splits
*Accumulated time difference to Kiptum

	Sabastian		Kelvin		Eliud
	Sawe, KEN		Kiptum, KEN	Kipchoge, KEN
Km	London, 2026	TD*	Chicago, 2023	Berlin, 2022
5 km	14:14	14:14	-12s	14:26	14:26	14:14	14:14
10 km	14:21	28:35	-7s	14:16	28:42	14:09	28:23
15 km	14:35	43:10	+1s	14:27	43:09	14:10	42:33
20 km	14:11	57:21	-18s	14:30	57:39	14:12	56:45
25 km	14:20	71:41	-23s	14:25	1:12:04	14:23	1:11:08
30 km	14:22	1:26:03	-28s	14:27	1:26:31	14:32	1:25:40
35 km	13:54	1:39:57	-25s	13:51	1:40:22	14:30	1:40:10
40 km	13:42	1:53:39 	-44s	14:01	1:54:23	14:43	1:54:53
42.2 km	5:51	1:59:30	-1m 5s	06:12	2:00:35	06:16	2:01:09

HUMANITY JUST GOT FASTER: Sawe, and women-only elite winner
Tigist Assefa, both set new world records wearing latest shoe by ADIDAS

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Sources: BBC, IOC, ADIDAS
Pictures: Getty Images, ADIDAS
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