{"id":103728,"date":"2026-04-26T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/?p=103728"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:53:17","slug":"adidas-record-sub-2-hour-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/en\/2026\/adidas-record-sub-2-hour-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"London, April 26, 2026: the 2-hour marathon barrier has been broken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Three adidas athletes have just rewritten the physics of marathon running, dragging the impossible into the realm of the timed.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\">The 2026 London Marathon went down in history: <b data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"49\">Sawe and Kejelcha<\/b> shattered the two-hour barrier.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\">Sabastian Sawe crossed the line in <b data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"28\">1:59:30<\/b>, with Kejelcha right behind him \u2014 a performance even Noah Lyles took a moment to celebrate.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\">The third-place finisher also had a stellar day, posting the <b data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">new official world record<\/b> of 2:00:25 in a Nike prototype.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\">On the women\u2019s side, <b data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"14\">Tigist Assefa<\/b> obliterated the world record, stopping the clock at 2:15:41.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\">The secret behind the adidas success lies in the <b data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">Adizero Adios Pro 3<\/b>, an ultralight shoe built around ENERGYRIM technology.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\">These results usher in a <b data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"32\">new era<\/b>, one where sports engineering and athlete merge into a single, blistering entity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"sub-2\">Sub 2<\/h2>\n<p>The two-hour marathon barrier has officially been broken by two adidas team athletes, Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, today at the 2026 London Marathon. Sawe finished in 1:59:30, while Kejelcha hit the tape in 1:59:41.<br \/>\nA performance that Noah Lyles, the world\u2019s sprinting headliner, celebrated on Instagram, noting that this record will be etched into sports history for good.<br \/>\nBut this Sunday wasn\u2019t just about those two athletes rewriting the parameters of the discipline.<br \/>\nYou could fairly call it a \u201cperformance-dense race,\u201d because the third-place finisher, racing in a Nike prototype, set the new official world record at 2:00:25, slicing 10 seconds off the previous mark.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a one-off. It\u2019s the payoff of a long arc of performance-building grounded in millimeter-precise effort management. The ability to hold the body\u2019s motor structure together under extreme physiological loads is what turned a theoretical projection into a real, recorded number.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-world-record-on-the-womens-side-too\">A World Record on the Women\u2019s Side, Too<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103674\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-103674 pk-lazyload\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAB4AAAAUAAQMAAACcQ910AAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAUJJREFUeNrtwQENAAAAwqD3T20ON6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgBcDtTwAAZFDecoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1920\"  height=\"1280\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=1160%2C773&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=90%2C60&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=320%2C213&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=240%2C160&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=180%2C120&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=1120%2C747&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adidas_sub2_07.jpg?resize=1600%2C1067&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: adidas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the world had its eyes locked on the sub-2 ceiling cracking, the women\u2019s race delivered a historic result of its own. Tigist Assefa, another adidas team athlete, claimed the new marathon world record in 2:15:41, reinforcing the technical edge of the German house in this round of racing. The feat \u2014 partly overshadowed by the media noise around the men\u2019s sub-2 \u2014 stands as a cornerstone of the world records updated today.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-tool-adidas-adizero-adios-pro-3\">The Tool: adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3<\/h2>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103672 pk-lazyload\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,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\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1920\"  height=\"1280\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=1160%2C773&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=90%2C60&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=320%2C213&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=240%2C160&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=180%2C120&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=1120%2C747&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/runlovers.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adios_pro_evo_3_01.jpg?resize=1600%2C1067&amp;quality=75&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" ><\/p>\n<p>adidas brought the technical hardware that makes results like these possible. The Adizero Adios Pro 3 \u2014 weighing in at just 97 grams \u2014 gave the athletes the biomechanical reliability they needed. The shoe is built on the <strong>LightStrike Pro EVO<\/strong> compound, engineered to maximize energy return and minimize energy loss through the push-off phase.<\/p>\n<p>This model also leans on a completely new use of carbon: the Energy Rods of earlier versions (carbon-infused bars that mirrored the foot\u2019s geometry) are gone, replaced by ENERGYRIM, a fork that runs only along the perimeter of the sole, leaving the ball of the foot in direct, uninterrupted contact with the compound.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toward-a-new-performance-paradigm\">Toward a New Performance Paradigm<\/h2>\n<p>The achievements of Sawe, Kejelcha, and Assefa shift the axis of international competition. The fall of the two-hour barrier and the new women\u2019s world record point to one thing: the modern athlete, paired with the right technical gear and a science-backed training method, can now chase speeds that used to live entirely in theory.<\/p>\n<p>With times like these, the marathon enters a new era \u2014 one where the clock reflects a full-circuit synergy between the human organism and sports engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha shattered the two-hour barrier in the marathon. 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