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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe made history on Sunday after becoming the fastest marathon runner in history. Sawe, 30, completed the race in an incredible time of 1:59:30, setting a new world record. The Kenyan is the first ever to complete a marathon in under 2 hours, breaking the previous record by 55 seconds in a historic achievement.

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe made history on Sunday after becoming the fastest marathon runner in history. Sawe, 30, completed the race in an incredible time of 1:59:30, setting a new world record. The Kenyan is the first ever to complete a marathon in under 2 hours, breaking the previous record by 55 seconds in a historic achievement.

Sawe runs fastest ever marathon

The 30-year-old Kenyan crossed the finish line in an astonishing 1 hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, becoming the first athlete to officially complete a marathon in under two hours. His time was more than a minute faster than the previous world record of 2:00:35 set by the late Kelvin Kiptum in 2023.

Legendary runner Eliud Kipchoge had broken the two-hour mark in 2019 with a time of 1:59:40, but that achievement was not considered an official world record because it was achieved under controlled, non-competitive conditions.