The first man to run a marathon under two hours just entered the Hall of Fame

Sabastian Sawe didn't just break the two-hour marathon barrier in London this April — he shattered it, running 1:59:30 and dragging a rival under two hours with him. On September 24, Adidas inducted the Kenyan into its Hall of Fame at its German headquarters, honoring him alongside Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha (1:59:41). From a marathon debut in Valencia in 2024 to the most important record in running — Sawe's rise took barely two years. The two-hour wall, once thought unbreakable in a real race, is now just a number on a page.