Sabastian Sawe is still a 26-mile novice, but he won a blistering London Marathon with a staggering injection of pace – and a move that would have made any veteran purr.
On a day where Tigst Assefa won the women’s race and the Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee finished 14th in his debut marathon, Sawe attacked at a drinks station at 30km when there were still more than half a dozen big names around him.
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As his rivals – including Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest of all time, and Tamirat Tola, the Olympic champion – slowed down, the 29-year-old Sawe decided to kick on rather than quench his thirst.