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At this year's London Marathon, two male runners wearing Adidas' new running shoes, the "ADIZERO ADIOS PRO EVO3," achieved a one-two finish, both under two hours, and one female runner set a new world record. What impact will this have on the company's performance?
Sabastian Sawe crossed the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace in 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds. For the first time in history, a human being completed a marathon in less than two hours in an official competition. But there is a question that the best physiologists of the exercise still cannot answer: how much of that record belongs to the runner and how much to the shoe? Sawe’s sneakers — Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 — weigh less tha…
Unprecedented performances on the running track also led to an immediate reaction in the capital market: Adidas shares rose after athletes wearing the company's new flagship model, the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3, broke historic records at the 2026 London Marathon. The dramatic moment came when Kenyan runner Sebastian Sawa stopped the clock at 1:59:30, becoming the first person to break two hours in an official marathon - a feat that until recently …
Sub-2-Hour Marathon Marks Symbolic Zenith for Adidas
Three days after distance runner Sabastian Sawe became the first man to break the two-hour barrier in the marathon, his outfitter, Adidas, was still taking a victory lap. Company executives flooded London, the site of Sawe’s 1:59:30 world record race, with more than 350 outdoor advertisements boasting of his time and the shoe Adidas designed […]
adidas marks London Marathon sub 2 moment - Brand Innovators
When Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe broke the sub 2 marathon record on Sunday in London, adidas was ready to own the moment. “Humanity just got faster. Courtesy of @sabastiansawe. Powered by Adizero. #YouGotThis,” the brand wrote on its social accounts. For the last two years, the adidas innovation team has been working tirelessly to support the Kenyan runner with what seemed an impossible goal: to become the first human being to run a marathon …
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