Kenya's Sebastian Sawe becomes first man to run sub two-hour marathon

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Sebastian Sawe becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:30) in a competitive race, breaking the world record at the London Marathon.
His achievement surpasses the previous record held by Kelvin Kiptum (2:00:35) and realizes a long-sought athletic milestone, comparable to the four-minute mile.
Eliud Kipchoge previously ran under two hours in 2019, but it wasn't an official record due to controlled conditions in that event.
Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia placed second with a time of 1:59:41, also breaking the two-hour barrier in the same race.
In the women's race, Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia set a new world record with a time of 2:15:41, improving on her own previous record from the previous year in London.

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