Overview
- Sawe's 1:59:30, recorded Sunday at the London Marathon, cut 65 seconds off Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record.
- Yomif Kejelcha finished in 1:59:41 in his marathon debut and Jacob Kiplimo took third in 2:00:28, both faster than the previous global mark.
- Tigst Assefa defended her title in 2:15:41 for the fastest time in a women-only race, which excludes male pacers.
- Sawe, Kejelcha, and Assefa wore Adidas’ Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 shoes launched days earlier, a sub‑100‑gram, carbon‑enhanced model built within World Athletics limits on stack height and plates.
- The breakthrough came in open, record‑eligible competition and now awaits ratification, with Sawe noting he invited the Athletics Integrity Unit to increase testing, including 25 checks last year.