Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by darrenf on Monday April 27, 2026 @09:19AM (#47921214)

I’d be surprised, given how outspoken Sawe is about doping. He invited the AIU to test him before Berlin and Adidas also paid.

> Determined to prove he is competing clean, Adidas provided $50,000 (£36,900) to the Athletics Integrity Unit, the sport's anti-doping body, to frequently test Sawe over a 12-month period.

> That began with a reported 25 out-of-competition tests in the lead-up to Berlin in September, continuing at a similar rate as he prepared for London.

> Sawe said on Monday: "It's very important to me because it gets out the doubt in my career of athletics and yesterday's performance.

> "It shows Sabastian Sawe is clean. It shows running clean is good, and we can run clean and we can run faster.

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Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by IAmBroom on Monday April 27, 2026 @01:49PM (#47924867)

I find con men are the first to protest their innocence, and even suggest well-curated "proofs" of the same.

It's not evidence either way, in the arms-race of high-tech doping.

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Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by aucisson_masque on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @05:10AM (#47932087)

Armstrong never failed a blood test and he was tested without being warned before hundreds of times a year.

This proves nothing, absolutely nothing at all. It's just a PR move by adidas and actually it seems to be working on you.

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