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Sub-2-Hour Marathon Finally Breached in Official Race as Sabastian Sawe Makes History in London

The under-2-hour marathon mark has been broken officially for the first time—twice—by a pair of African runners at this year’s London Marathon. Thousands cheered as Kenyan champion runner Sabastian Sawe passed the finishing line at 1:59:30, a long-awaited and practically fabled achievement that has captured the hearts of sport for decades. Indeed, Sawe said as […] The post Sub-2-Hour Marathon Finally Breached in Official Race as Sabastian Sawe M…

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Although there are runners who do not like to eat anything before competing because they feel bad, in long distance trials the previous feeding can be decisive. Sabastian Sawe, winner of the London marathon . The Kenyan broke with one of the great barriers of athletics after becoming this Sunday April 26th the first man to come down from two hours after completing the race at 1h59:30.A record of these characteristics is the result of months of p…

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It started in a small village where no one walks to school – everyone runs. That's where Sabastian started the journey to London, where he entered history with the most normal breakfast in the world.

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Kenyan Sabastian Sawe, who was a complete unknown a few years ago, is now the first runner to run a marathon in under two hours. Before his record, he ate two slices of bread and honey for breakfast. He asked the doping control officers to test him as often as possible.

Sabastian Sawe's astonishing world record of one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds at the London Marathon was the result of running 150 miles (240 kilometers) a week, wearing the lightest supershoes in history and a pre-race breakfast of bread and honey, the Kenyan and his team have revealed.

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Stirile Antena 1 Observator broke the news in Romania on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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