Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe became the first athlete to run a sub two-hour marathon in a competitive race as he won the London Marathon.
Sawe, 30, finished the 26.2 mile iconic course in a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, more than a minute faster than the previous record holder.
Runner-up Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopian also broke the sub two-hour mark but had to settle for second place against a brilliant and history-making Sawe.
‘This is history in the making,’ BBC commentator Steve Cram said. ‘Nobody has ever done this. They said it couldn’t be done.
‘A historic performance. Just Incredible. I have never seen anything like that. That you would say is unbelievable, but we have just seen it. I’m lost for words, genuinely.
‘There are things that happen in sport where you want to be there to see it.
‘Roger Bannister the first ever four-minute mile. Those who were there on that day still tell that story today.
‘We did say it was a day for records. The world will never be the same again.’
Paula Radcliffe, Britain’s former women’s marathon world record holder, added: ‘This will reverberate around the world.’
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