London Marathon, Sawe breaks two-hour barrier; Kejelcha and Assefa also set records

As astonishing as Roger Bannister breaking the 4-minute mile! Not only did Kenyan Sabastian Sawe of Kenya run a 1:59:30 marathon to win the London Marathon, Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha ran 1:59.41 for 2nd – 2 runners at once become the first to break 2-hours in a marathon. apnews.com/article/mara...

Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe won the London Marathon in under 2 hours. 13 miles an hour sustained by no one else on Earth

DEFENDING HER CROWN 👑 Tigst Assefa takes down the best marathoners in the world to win her second straight London Marathon title and break her own women’s-only world record with a 2:15:41 run ahead of Hellen Obiri (2:15:53) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:15:55).

Two men have officially run sub‑2‑hour marathons in race conditions: Sabastian Sawe (1:59:30) and Yomif Kejelcha (1:59:41), both at the 2026 London Marathon.

While we cheer on whatever silly thing AI just did, two humans ran a sub-2 hour marathon in London today. The third still beat the prior world record, the top five came in at under 2:03, an impossibly fast mark 12 years ago. Oh, and Tigst Assefa also defended her title, breaking her world record.

He ran very fast without stopping. There: saved you the effort of clicking BBC News - Sabastian Sawe: How Kenyan broke two-hour barrier to make history at London Marathon - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

The headline, more than the story (which itself is not very well-written) diminishes this phenomenal accomplishment. Super shoes and perfect conditions – how Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour mark at the London Marathon www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

Spare a thought today for Yomif Kejelcha, an incredible athlete who finally broke the longstanding two-hour barrier yesterday in the London marathon, a feat never accomplished before in competition. ...except 11 seconds earlier by Sabastian Sawe, who won the race.

2 men ran sub two-hour marathons. That’s 26.2 miles in UNDER 2 hours on foot. They ran slightly over 13 mph for nearly 2 hours straight. It comes out to 4:33/mile average. They ran each mile at 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Every. Single. Mile. For 26.2 miles.

How Kenya's Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour barrier at London Marathon Kenya's Sabastian Sawe on becoming the first person to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon.

"Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia broke her own women’s-only world record on Sunday at the London Marathon, winning in 2:15:41 to better her record of 2:15:50 from last year." www.runnersworld.com/news/a711271...

I've always told my PhD students that a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint. Now that Sabastian Sawe has run the London Marathon in under 2 hours, I'll need to think of something else to tell them.

The secrets of Sawe’s marathon world record: How the Kenyan ran under two hours in London

WAIT I just realised something... the chap (Yomif Kejelcha) who came in second place *also* ran sub-two hours so there were TWO runners who broke the marathon world record yesterday! And what is Gemini??! The sign of the twins...

Yesterday's London Marathon record-breakers crossing the Charlton/East Greenwich border under the Angerstein flyover.