A momentous minute in the past of marathon races. During the London marathon, Kenyan Sebastian Sawe was the first man in the authoritative competition to break the barrier of 2 hours, reaching a score of 1:59.30.
The erstwhile evidence belonged to Kelvin Kiptum (2:00.35 from Chicago in 2023). Importantly, unlike Eliuda Kipchoge's experimental run of 2019 (1:59.40), Sawe's score was achieved under normal, regulatory conditions, without “laboratory” facilitations.
The player himself did not cover satisfaction. The media presented a shoe with the inscriptions "world record" and "sub-2".
At the same time, there was besides a evidence for women's rivalry – Ethiopian Tigst Assef improved her accomplishment to 2:15.41.
