TRC BREAKING NEWS: History Made at London Marathon 2026!
The Running Channel Podcast
The Running Channel
4.8 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
What. A. Race!
History unfolded on The Mall on Sunday as Sabastian Sawe surged to a sensational victory at the London Marathon, delivering one of the standout performances in recent memory. Close behind, Yomif Kejelcha impressed on his marathon debut with a remarkable run of his own.
In the women’s race, Tigst Assefa added another chapter to her dominance, powering to victory and setting a new women-only world record.
In this exclusive emergency episode, Andy, Rick and Sarah react to a day that will live long in marathon history.
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| 0:00.0 | Sub two hours in an official marathon. |
| 0:08.0 | We did not expect that to happen in London, but it did. |
| 0:11.7 | And in fact, two world records were set at the London Marathon. |
| 0:15.1 | So we thought with this breaking news, it was about time that we did a podcast and talked |
| 0:18.9 | about it. |
| 0:19.9 | Yep. So this is a very special edition of the Rangeline podcast. It's a short episode to cover that breaking news and to talk |
| 0:26.5 | about all of the exciting things that happened as part of those amazing world records being set. |
| 0:30.2 | And don't worry, the regular podcast is still coming on Saturday where you'll hear all about |
| 0:34.2 | Rick and his experience running his first marathon since knee surgery. Did you know, Rick's had knee surgery? I've not mentioned it. And if you're wondering why you keep hearing traffic in the background, it's because we're in the back of a London black cab. Yeah, we're driving the route and we want to relive the iconic moments from the London Marathon. So let's get into it. So yeah, two world records. And I think we're going to spend most of the time talking about the men's race and |
| 0:56.8 | Sebastian Sardway because of the, it's a genuine moment in history that that has transcended |
| 1:03.8 | everything. |
| 1:04.2 | For the first time, I think it's the first moment in running since Kipchogi doing his iconic |
| 1:08.5 | breaking two that the wider sort of news network and world of people outside |
| 1:14.4 | running that have picked up on stuff. |
| 1:15.7 | But we shouldn't neglect the, you know, we don't want to take anything away from Tick's |
| 1:20.7 | to Saffa's incredible women's only world record in the women's race and defending her title |
| 1:25.3 | as well. So maybe we do that one first, then come on to Sebastian Sauer. |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah, it's interesting. |
| 1:29.7 | I've seen a lot of people asking about the women's only world record, |
| 1:33.3 | and that's because it's a record set by a woman where there have been no male paces or runners around her. |
| 1:39.7 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:40.3 | And there's a big contention around the outright world record anyway, because it was run by Ruth Geppengettich prior to her then testing positive, and she's now suspended for three years for serving a doping. |
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