Ultra-light Adidas shoes power Sawe's sub-two-hour London marathon
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Sabastian Sawe ran 1:59:30 in London, becoming one of the first men to finish a marathon under two hours on a course, with Yomif Kejelcha close behind at 1:59:40 and Tigst Assefa setting a women’s world record at 2:15:41. All wore Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3, a 99-gram 'super shoe' that Adidas says boosts running economy. The piece covers the shoe design, World Athletics rules on stack height and carbon plates, and Maurten-powered fueling, while noting Ruth Chepngetich's doping ban and Adidas-funded anti-doping testing ahead of Berlin 2025.
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