{"id":672289,"date":"2025-07-29T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deploy.frankfurt-marathon.com\/?p=672289"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:14:22","slug":"kenyas-marathon-shooting-star-sabastian-sawe-to-race-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankfurt-marathon.com\/en\/kenyas-marathon-shooting-star-sabastian-sawe-to-race-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s Marathon Shooting Star Sabastian Sawe to race in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kenya\u2019s marathon shooting star Sabastian Sawe will run the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21st September. This was announced by the organisers of Germany\u2019s most spectacular road race today. A unique number of 13 world records were broken during the history of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON which will see its 51st edition one 21st September.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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30 year-old Sabastian Sawe, who is the current World Half Marathon Champion, will run his third race at the classic distance in Berlin. He clocked a sensational 2:02:05 in his debut in Valencia in December 2024 and instantly became the fifth fastest marathon runner of all times. His time remained as the world lead for 2024 and it was the second fastest marathon debut ever. This spring Sabastian Sawe also won the top-class London Marathon and with time of 2:02:27 he heads the world list again. The Kenyan, who has good memories of Berlin since he took the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON in 2023 with 59:00, might well attack his personal record on Berlin\u2019s fast course.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are delighted that Sabastian Sawe recognizes the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON and its flat course. He has already impressed on Berlin\u2019s roads when he took the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON in 2023. The race will certainly be exciting,\u201c said Race Director Mark Milde.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sabastian Sawe is expected to face a deep and high-class elite field on 21st September. His challengers include the defending champion Milkesa Mengesha and Tanzania’s marathon record holder Gabriel Geay. Mengesha triumphed somewhat surprisingly a year ago with a personal best of 2:03:17 at the 50th anniversary of the race. Gabriel Geay improved his time to 2:03:00 three years ago in Valencia. After a weaker year in 2024, he bounced back in February with a victory in Daegu (South Korea) in 2:05:20.<\/span><\/p>\n

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J\u00fcrgen Lock, Managing Director of marathon organiser SCC EVENTS, said: \u201cNo other race in the world has set as many world records as Berlin since 1998. As co-founders of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, we are setting standards.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

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Details about the women\u2019s elite field will be released separately.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foto: Sabastian Sawe winning the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON, credit: SCC EVENTS\/Tilo Wiedensohler<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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