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Yomif Kejelcha discusses his experience at the London Marathon and his transition from track to road racing.

Ethopia's Yomif Kejelcha more than played his part at April's historic London Marathon, pushing Sabastian Sawe almost all the way as both men became the first athletes to record a sub-2 hour marathon in official race conditions. Kejelcha joins Rich in a rare English-language interview to talk about that day, his full transition to the roads from a distinguished career ont he track, and whether himself and Sawe - and perhaps a few others - will be able to go faster and faster. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maurten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - use Podium2026 at checkout for a one-off 15% discount until the end of 2026 - we thank Maurten so much for their support! This episode is supported by SunGod - get 20% off a first purchase at sungod.co with the code PODIUMATHLETICS. Check out our new website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podiumathletics.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England and Rich Newman, with guest contributor Jake Wightman. Please subscribe, follow and leave a review where possible - it really helps us grow the…

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Hosts: Rich Newman, Hannah England

Guest: Yomif Kejelcha

Topics covered

• marathon
• world record
• athletics
• running
• interview
• sports news

Keywords

• Yomif Kejelcha
• sub 2-hour marathon
• London Marathon
• 10k world record
• athletics
• running
• Maurten
• SunGod

Sponsors

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Places: Ethiopia

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