Sabastian Sawe’s record-breaking run at the London Marathon made him the first man with an official world record below 2 hours. This chart shows how the sport got there.

The fabled 2-hour barrier for a marathon has been broken, officially, in an once-inconceivable achievement in sports. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

So the podium included three world-record beaters, and two sub-2-hour marathons: a truly special moment for track and field.

It was a historic feat — on a pair of historic feet. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya became the first man in history to run an official marathon in under two hours, breaking the coveted mark in the London ...

LONDON — Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds ...

The statistical arc of human endeavour in the marathon keeps bending upwards. There is still much to be inspired by.