The London Marathon’s 2026 runners broke plenty of records. We had not one, but two, sub-two-hour finish times from winner Sebastian Sawe and runner-up Yomif Kejelcha, respectively – a feat not recorded under normal marathon conditions before.
Runner Tigst Assefa smashed her then-world-beating 2025 time with a new women’s world record of 2:15:41, too.
Remarkably, that meant Assefa finished an entire marathon before the last wave of non-elite runners had even started the race.
But people don’t just tune into the 26.2 mile race for the displays of athleticism. The London Marathon is also associated with star power, too, and this year was no different:
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