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🇰🇪's Sabastian Sawe is your April Athlete of the Month ‼️

He made history as the first person ever to break 2 hours in the marathon, running a stunning 1:59:30 world record at the London Marathon 🔥

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April brought the heat 🔥

Record madness and standout performances lit up the roads, tracks and fields 🤩

Now it’s your call: vote now for your World Athletics+ Athlete of the Month and win exclusive prizes 👉 bit.ly/4d4cGRc

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,155

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April 🟰 World record madness 🤩

The roads, the tracks and the fields delivered some history making performances in April 🤯

Vote for your April Athlete of the Month of World Athletics+ now and win exclusive prizes 🔗 bit.ly/4d4cGRc

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,266

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It’s race week 🔥

The only weekend plans we have are the #WorldRelays 😤

Which event are you most excited for? 👀

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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 🤩

🇪🇹’s Tigst Assefa defends her London Marathon crown, breaking her own women’s-only marathon world record once again with 2:15:41 👑

She lowers the very mark she set here last year by 9 seconds 😤

🇰🇪’s Hellen Obiri finishes in 2nd with 2:15:53 just ahead of country mate Joyciline Jepkosgei who clocks 2:15:53 🔥

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,613

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THE BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN 🫨

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to break the 2-hour barrier in official race conditions, storming to a historic 1:59:30 and obliterating the previous world record by more than a minute‼️

Needless to say he successfully defends his London Marathon title in dominant fashion 🥵

But this was more than one man’s race…

Yomif Kejelcha, on his marathon debut, also breaks 2 hours with a stunning 1:59:41 😅

And Jacob Kiplimo clocks 2:00:28, also faster than the previous world record 😤

The greatest marathon race ever run? 👀

1 month ago | [YT] | 5,199

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The #WorldRelays are almost here ✨

Don’t miss a moment from Gaborone and sync the dates to your calendar now 👉 ecalendar.worldathletics.org/

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 509

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Global sprint stars Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Letsile Tebogo have been named Ultimate Stars for the #WorldAthleticsUltimate Championship in Budapest (11–13 September) 🤩

With 150 days to go, both will also serve as team captains for the Kids’ Athletics Ultimate Challenge 🙌

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WORLD U20 RECORD 🔥

At just 18, Gout Gout storms to a 19.67 world U20 record in the 200m, becoming the first Australian man in history to break the sub-20 barrier in wind-legal conditions 🫨

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1 month ago | [YT] | 5,121

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🇨🇭’s Simon Ehammer is your March Athlete of the Month ‼️

He set a world heptathlon record of 6670 points on his way to gold at the #WorldIndoorChamps 🔥

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,149