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World Athletics Ratifies Eight World Records, Sawe Sub-2
World Athletics ratified seven senior world records and one world U20 record set in the first five months of 2026, including Sabastian Sawe’s 1:59:30 sub-two-hour marathon on a record-eligible London course and Tigst Assefa’s women-only 2:15:41. The batch also features Mondo Duplantis extending his pole vault world record to 6.31m, underscoring a historic year for track and field records.
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About SAWE
The Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE) is a professional society of engineers that pertains to the specific field of mass properties.
Everything about SAWE →- Inception
- 1939
- Website
- http://www.sawe.org/