Associated Press

Apr 26, 2026, 07:01 AM ET

LONDON -- The fabled 2-hour barrier for a marathon has been broken, officially, in a once-inconceivable achievement in sports.

Not by one runner, but two.

In a race for the ages, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds on Sunday, shattering the previous men's world record by an astonishing 65 seconds.

"What comes today is not for me alone," the 29-year-old Sawe said, "but for all of us today in London."

Just 11 seconds back was Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, who -- running in his first marathon -- also covered the 26.2-mile course in under 2 hours.

Completing the podium was Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, who broke the previous world-record time -- set by Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum in Chicago in 2023 -- by seven seconds, finishing in 2:00:28.

In an exhilarating sight, Sawe ran quicker as the marathon went on, covering the second half of the race in 59:01.…