Sabastian Sawe Becomes First to Run a Sub2Hour Marathon

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  • Sabastian Sawe of Kenya is the first person to break the 2-hour barrier in the marathon.
  • Sawe won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.
  • The second-place finisher, Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia, also dipped under 2 hours by crossing the line in 1:59:41.
  • Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda broke the previous world-record time by seven seconds in finishing in 2:00:28.
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the mens world record by 65 seconds in winnin [+1505 chars]

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