Kenyan distance runner who rose through the half marathon. In London he ran the first officially recognised marathon under two hours.
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1995Sabastian Sawe born in BarsombeSabastian Sawe is born in Barsombe in Kenya's Rift Valley.
2022Sabastian Sawe wins the Seville half marathonSawe wins in a course record of 59:02.
2022Sabastian Sawe runs 58:02 in RomeSawe sets a course record at the Rome-Ostia half marathon.
2022Sabastian Sawe wins in BahrainSawe wins the Royal Night half marathon.
2023Sabastian Sawe wins the Berlin half marathonSawe wins in 59:00.
2023Sabastian Sawe becomes world half marathon championSawe wins gold in Riga.
2024Sabastian Sawe wins the Prague half marathonSawe wins in 58:24.
2024Sabastian Sawe runs 58:05 in CopenhagenSawe sets his half marathon best.
2024Sabastian Sawe wins his marathon debutSawe wins Valencia in 2:02:05.
2025Sabastian Sawe wins the London MarathonSawe wins in 2:02:27.
2025Sabastian Sawe takes 25 drug testsSawe agrees to an unprecedented testing programme before Berlin.
2025Sabastian Sawe wins the Berlin MarathonSawe wins in a world-leading 2:02:16.
2026Sabastian Sawe runs a marathon under two hoursSawe wins London in 1:59:30, the first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race and a world record.