en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabastian_Sawe

London Marathon Events’ own records contradict this sentence. The official Best elite performances at the TCS London Marathon page lists Kelvin Kiptum – 2:01:25 – 2023 as the fastest men’s performance before Sawe’s 2026 run. The race’s official Awards & Bonuses page also identifies the pre-2026 men’s course record as 2:01:25. So the article’s claim that Kiptum held the course record at 2:00:25 is off by one minute.

This is distinct from the world record bonus listed on the same official page, which was based on 2:00:35. The article appears to have mixed up the course-record figure with another record-related time.

The official TCS London Marathon Awards & Bonuses page contradicts this amount. It lists:

• 1st place: $55,000
• Sub-2:02:00 time bonus: $150,000
• Men’s course-record bonus: $25,000
• Men’s world-record bonus: $125,000

Even if Sawe earned every applicable published bonus, that adds up to $355,000, not £740,000. The official London Marathon page also denominates these awards in U.S. dollars, not pounds sterling.

So the article’s exact figure is inconsistent with the event organizer’s published prize structure.

World Athletics’ official all-time top list for the men’s 10 kilometres road event currently ranks Sabastian Kimaru Sawe’s 26:49 at No. 9. The list shows eight faster performances ahead of him: Yomif Kejelcha (26:31), Berihu Aregawi (26:33), Joshua Cheptegei (26:38), Harbert Kibet (26:39), Yann Schrub (26:43), Leonard Patrick Komon (26:44), Andreas Almgren (26:45), and Jacob Kiplimo (26:48).

So the page’s statement that 26:49 makes Sawe the “5th fastest athlete of all time” is no longer correct according to the current World Athletics all-time rankings.