Overview
- Sebastian Sawe won in 1:59:30 at the London Marathon, the first official sub-two-hour marathon in competition.
- Yomif Kejelcha finished second in 1:59:41 on his marathon debut, wearing the same adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 as Sawe.
- The Evo 3 is reported as Adidas’s lightest racing shoe at about 97 grams, and four of the top five men used the model.
- Third-place Jakob Kiplimo ran 2:00:28 in what reports describe as a Nike Alphafly 4 prototype, a time faster than Kelvin Kiptum’s 2:00:35 world record from 2023.
- Reporters also credit cool temperatures, steady pacemaking and concentrated liquid carbohydrate drinks for the pace, with a late tailwind helping the closing miles.