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Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds
April 27, 2026
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LONDON (AP) -- A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 42.195-kilometer marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, bettering the previous men's world record by an astonishing 65 seconds.
He beat Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, who was running his first marathon and finished in 1:59.41. What comes today is not for me
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