Kenyan world record holder Sabastian Sawe withdraws from the Berlin Marathon, citing an injury. Multiple outlets report that Sawe is ruled out of this month’s race in Germany and is not able to defend his title there.
Sources describe the injury as not publicly specified, and they note that Sawe had been planning his return and a potential sub-two-minute attempt. The Athletic and Yahoo Sports say he recently ran a historic 1:59:30 in London in April, setting a new mark at the distance. The Independent reports that the withdrawal also affects his plans for a next sub-two attempt at Berlin, and Al Jazeera similarly links the decision to the undisclosed injury.
While outlets differ slightly in emphasis—some focus on the missed title defense, others on the disruption to Sawe’s sub-two comeback plans—they agree on the core point: Sawe withdraws from Berlin because of injury, with no details of the problem released in the coverage provided.
