For those who follow professional marathon races, this year we witnessed the first under two hour men’s marathon race.
In April’s London Marathon race, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya broke the marathon world record, hence becoming the first man to run the 26.2 mile race in under two hours, in a world sanctioned legal race. His time was 1 hour 59 minutes 30 seconds. He bested the previous world record of 2:00:35 seconds held by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023 at the Chicago Marathon.
Two other runners broke the old world record and they were both from Africa: Yomif Kejelche of Ethiopia finished second with a time of 1:59:41 and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda also broke the previous world record running a time of 2:00:28.
On the women’s side, Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia set a new world record with a time of 2:15:41. Two other African women finished second and third: Kenya’s Hellen Obiri finished second with a time of 2:15:53 and her teammate Joyciline Jepkosgei finished third in a time of 2:15:55.
They all made history in that this is the first time three women have ever run under the 2:16 barrier in a world sanctioned legal marathon.
African male and female marathon runners are setting records as they win all the marathon races they compete in. We can clearly see that in the world of marathon racing, the ideology of white racial physical superiority is a racist myth!
If Donald J. Trump ever promoted a world marathon race, he would only invite white European athletes, because those white European athletes would not be able to compete against athletes from Africa.
Homer Gee Greene Jr.
Fresno
