sports
April 26, 2026
London Marathon hails ‘greatest day’ as Sawe breaks two hours and records tumble
Organisers hope record number will finish by midnight
TL;DR
- Sabastian Sawe became the first man to run under two hours in an official race at the London Marathon.
- A record number of over 60,000 runners started the event.
- Tigst Assefa set a women's-only world record.
- Hugh Brasher, the race director, called it the "greatest day in London Marathon history."
- 36 Guinness World Records were set during the event.
- Eilish McColgan experienced a severe foot blister during the race.
- Georgios Petroulakis proposed to his girlfriend after they finished the marathon.