The Digest:
Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe ran 1 hour 59 minutes 30 seconds at the London Marathon on Sunday, breaking the world record by 65 seconds. The 31-year-old now believes it is only a matter of time before he runs a marathon in 1 hour 58 minutes. Sawe said he was so focused on racing Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha that he didn't realise he was on course to break two hours until near the finish.
Key Points:
- Sawe plans to race again in September, likely in Berlin on a faster course.
- He thanked his sponsors for paying $50,000 annually for extra drug testing.
- Sawe called doping a "cancer" in his country and urged fellow athletes to run clean.
- The London Marathon set a record with 59,830 finishers.
- Sawe celebrated with water, not champagne, as he is teetotal.
Sawe's historic run has been compared to Sir Roger Bannister's four-minute mile.
Sources: The Guardian
