Sabastian Sawe

The Berlin race, which will take place on September 27, was due to be Sawe’s first outing since April when he broke the two-hour barrier with a run of 1:59:30 to win the London Marathon

A record 1.33 million athletes have applied to take part in next year’s events, which will take place on the weekend of April 24

His win has just been announced by Guinness World Records after they sought proof he had run the whole race in his Hastings RX Morris kit because Rhys had missed their deadline for notification of his record attempt

Extraordinary'Tigst Assefa, from Ethiopia, broke her own women‑only world record in two hours, 15 minutes and 41 seconds

Water cannon salute and dancing crowds greet new marathon world record holder

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U.S. sprinter Jim Hines became the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters in 1968

Sure, a physiologist named Michael Joyner had floated the idea that such a feat might be humanly possible in a journal paper way back in 1991

Sawe, the ‘silent assassin’, made history with his world-record time of 1:59.30 London Marathon, an event that changes the course of sporting history

The 29-year-old Sawe leads a stacked field that includes Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, last year's runner-up whose resume includes three successive World Cross Country titles, the half-marathon world record and victory at October's Chicago Marathon