Sawe makes final three for 2026 Men’s World Athlete of the Year
World Athletics on Tuesday named Kenya's Sabastian Sawe a finalist alongside Mondo Duplantis and Alison dos Santos. The winner will be announced in Monaco on November 29.
Kenyan marathon runner Sabastian Sawe is one of three finalists for the 2026 Men's World Athlete of the Year award. World Athletics announced the shortlist on Tuesday, The Eastleigh Voice reported. Sawe faces Sweden's pole vault star Mondo Duplantis and Brazil's 400m hurdles world record holder Alison dos Santos. The nomination follows Sawe's win at the London Marathon on April 26 in 1:59:30. He became the first man to run a record-eligible marathon in under two hours. The 31-year-old cut 65 seconds off the previous record of 2:00:35, according to both outlets. The late Kelvin Kiptum set that mark in Chicago in 2023. Sawe has won all four marathons he has run, The Eastleigh Voice reported. He won on his debut in Valencia in 2024, clocking 2:02:05. He then took London in April 2025 in 2:02:27 and Berlin that September in 2:02:16. This year he returned to London to defend his title. Citizen Digital reported that he won the Men's Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year award last year. His rivals also had big seasons. Duplantis raised his own pole vault world record to 6.31m at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, Citizen Digital reported. It was the 15th time he…
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