Namibia: How remarkable Sawe made marathon history in London – Sport

Sabastian Sawe became the first man to run under two hours for a marathon in race conditions thanks to extraordinary talent, a punishing training regime, and the lightest shoes in history.

In London on Sunday, the 31-year-old Kenyan achieved one of sport’s milestones, ranking alongside Roger Bannister’s first sub-four minute mile in 1954.

His time of 1hr 59min 30 sec was an astonishing 65 seconds inside the previous best of 2:00:35 set in Chicago in 2023 by Kelvin Kiptum, whose…