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Marathon world record holder Sabastian Sawe, speaking to BBC One: "I am feeling good. I am so happy. It is a day to remember for me."

On whether he believed he could run a sub-two-hour time: "Yes. We started the race well. Approaching finishing the race, I was feeling strong. I remember my fellow champion lead was so competitive. I think he was the one who helped a lot.

"Finally reaching the finish line, I saw the time, and I was so excited."I think today shows me a lot the first for everyone, and I am so happy for today. Coming to London for the second time was so important to me and that's why I prepared well for it.

"Finally, what I had done for four months it has come today to be a good result.

"First of all, I want to thank the crowds for cheering us. I think they help a lot, because if it was not for them you don't feel like you are so loved.

"I think they help a lot because them calling make you feel so happy and strong and pushing. That is why I can say what comes for me today is not for me alone but all of us in London."

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These are Sabastian Sawe's splits for his average pace per kilometer over the 26.2 miles/42.2km. He was getting quicker!

• 5km: 02:51
• 10km: 02:53
• 15km: 02:55
• 20km: 02:51
• Half: 02:52
• 25km: 02:53
• 30km: 02:53
• 35km: 02:47
• 40km: 02:45
• 42km: 02:40

"First of all I want to thank the crowds," Sawe says. "They help a lot.

"They helped a lot. You feel so happy and strong and pushing.

"What comes for me today is not for me alone but all of us in London."

"I saw the time and I was so excited," Sawe says.

Sabastian Sawe, with the the time already written on his shoes, is live on BBC One right now reacting to his record.

You can watch by clicking play above.

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Sabastian Sawe has spoken out in the past about problems with doping in the sport.

He has called for regular testing and, mindful of Kenya’s poor doping record, last year invited the Athletics Integrity Unit to test him as much as possible.

He said they did so 25 times – at a frequency of two or three times a week – in the lead-up to the Berlin Marathon last year.

“The main reason was to show that I am clean, and I am doing it the right way," he said.

Here is the moment of history - the moment Sabastian of Kenya ran the fastest marathon in history.

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Sabastian Sawe. Remember the name.

The 29-year-old from Kenya has just done what no one had before.

Sawe won in London on his debut last year and now has four wins from his four races over 26.2 miles.

Sawe trains at altitude in western Kenya – living in a shared room at camp and only seeing his wife and son twice a month. He was born nearby in a remote highland village without electricity.

His running journey was nurtured by both his uncle, Abraham Chepkirwok, who competed in the 800m for Uganda at the 2008 Olympics, and a teacher who told him: “Running is not just talent – it’s your fortune and your future.”

The moment in history...

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Sawe's final time is 01:59:30.

That's 10 seconds quicker than Eliud Kipchoge's unofficial record in 2019.

THE fastest marathon in history.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC One

It will reverberate around the world.

Steve Cram
BBC One commentator

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There are things that happen in sport where you want to be there to see it.

Roger Bannister the first ever four-minute mile. Those who were there on that day still tell that story today.

We did say it was a day for records. The world will never be the same again.

Steve Cram is lost for words.

Let me just explain what we have just seen.

The great Eliud Kipchoge ran under two hours in 2019 in an Ineos event but that was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.

Sabastian Sawe has just become the first person in history to run a sub two-hour marathon in race conditions.

Yomif Kejelcha was also under two hours for second.

Steve Cram
BBC One commentator

Come on Sabastian Sawe! History in the making. Nobody has ever done this. They said it couldn't be done. A historic performance.

Incredible. I have never seen anything like that. That you would say is unbelievable, but we have just seen it.

Lost for words, genuinely.

INCREDIBLE!

Sebastian Sawe breaks the marathon world record. He is the first man to ever run under two hours in a race.

He's kicking for home!

Sawe takes the final bend with 1:59 on the clock. He has a minute to break two hours.

The men's marathon world record is 2:00:35 by the late Kelvin Kiptum.

Eliud Kipchoge did it in a non-race event but no-one has ever run under two hours in a race over this distance.

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has a chance.

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Sebastian Sawe is getting quicker. He has broken his rivals at the front.

The world record is ON.