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Kenya gives hero’s welcome to marathon record-breaker Sabastian Sawe

marathon runner Sabastian Sawe (L) record time after winning the London Marathon as he congratulates

Lighter than a bar of soap - the shoes worn to shatter marathon record

marathon record **When Sabastian Sawe said last week that it was "only a matter of time

How special Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier

Sabastian Sawe has always had a propensity to surprise.** Having never competed on the road, the Kenyan began the 2022 Seville half marathon as a pacemaker, proceeded to drop everybody within the first 10km

Yomif Kejelcha broke the 2-hour marathon but got 2nd place. He's still happy

Sabastian Sawe of Team Kenya (C), 2nd placed Yomif Kejelcha of Team Ethiopia (L) and 3rd placed Jacob Kiplimo of Team Uganda (R) pose for a photo after the Men's 2026 TCS London Marathon

Kenya’s Sawe is world’s first man to run a sub-two-hour marathon in London

Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is first person to run sub-2-hour marathon to win in London

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the men's world record

London Marathon sets new record after 1.8% of UK adult population applies for 2027 race

time – with another 330,450 entries coming from 200 countries around the globe. There was near parity between female and male applicants. Notably the largest number of applications came from women aged 20-29 – with

Sabastian Sawe given hero’s welcome in Kenya after sub-two marathon feat

Marathon last weekend, flew in a Kenyan military plane normally reserved for special operations on Thursday to his home region of western Kenya. Waiting on the runway at a small airport perched

London Marathon hails ‘greatest day’ as Sawe breaks two hours and records tumble

Sabastian Sawe become the first man to shatter the two-hour barrier in an official race, and a world record tally of more than 60,000 runners started the event. By 6.30pm on Sunday

East Africa redefines marathon limits as Sabastian Sawe leads historic charge

Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first man to run an official marathon in under two hours at the London Marathon. He clocked 1:59:30, shattering the previous world record. Ethiopia's Yomif

First Thing: White House correspondents’ dinner suspect to be charged as motive examined

record for the biggest biopic opening of all time. ## **‘Counter to the message of Jesus’ – progressive Christians stake** **claim to their religion amid Trump-pope feud** ![Pastor Fabian Arias speaks with a woman

Monday briefing: Everything we know about the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

records search. Jeffery Carroll, the interim police chief for Washington’s metropolitan police department, told reporters “We do believe he was a guest here at the hotel. We have secured a room here

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

records began, is likely to see public dissatisfaction crystallise. “He’s in last chance saloon,” one minister said after last night’s vote. For today’s newsletter I spoke with the Guardian’s policy editor