London Marathon 2026 | Sawe interview and reaction after historic day

About this episode

The episode discusses the historic achievements at the London Marathon 2026, including two athletes breaking the sub-2 hour marathon mark.

Hannah and Rich look back at what will go down as one of the most historic days in athletics - the moment not just one, but two athletes broke the sub-2 hour marathon mark for the first time in official race conditions. We hear from Sabastian Sawe, who blitzed a 1:59:30 to win by nine seconds ahead of a remarkable debut over the distance from Yomif Kejelcha, with Jacob Kiplimo breaking the former world record too. On the women’s side, Tigst Assefa shaved nine more seconds off the women’s only world record she claimed in 2025, holding off a challenge from Hellen Obiri and Jocyline Jepkosgei. Maurten fuel planner: https://planner.maurten.com/ Check out our new website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podiumathletics.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith. Please subscribe, follow and leave a review where possible - it really helps us grow the podcast, and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or watch on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hannah England, Rich Newman, Katie Smith

Guest: Sabastian Sawe

Topics covered

• London Marathon
• athletics history
• sub-2 hour marathon
• world records
• sports commentary

Keywords

• London Marathon
• sub-2 hour marathon
• Sabastian Sawe
• world record
• athletics

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Places: London

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