Sabastian Sawe runs first sub-2-hour marathon race, shatters world record in London

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Sabastian Sawe runs first sub-2-hour marathon race, shatters world record in London

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Kenyan Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour marathon mark, winning the London Marathon in an unofficial time of 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

Sawe broke the world record of 2:00:35 set by the late Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon.

Another Kenyan, Eliud Kipchoge, ran the marathon in 1:59:40.2 in 2019, but this did not happen in a race under world record conditions.

Sunday’s runner-up, Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia, ran 1:59:41 in his marathon debut.

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Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa repeated as women’s champion in an unofficial 2:15:41, breaking her own world record for a women’s-only race of 2:15:50 set in London last year.

This is the 15th fastest time in history, behind 14 times marathons where women ran simultaneously with men and/or had male leaders.

Assefa pulled away from Kenyan Hellen Obiri down the 385-yard straight at the Mall, crossing with a 12-second lead. Obiri is a two-time winner of the Boston and New York marathons.

Another Kenyan, Joyciline Jepkosgei, was still two seconds behind Obiri. Jepkosgei was the world’s fastest marathoner in 2025 with a time of 2:14:00 in Valencia, Spain, in December.

The next major marathon will take place in Sydney, Australia on August 30. Sydney debuted as a major global marathon in 2025, becoming the seventh annual major tournament.