Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLondon Marathon 2026 results: Sabastian Sawe makes history with first competitive sub-two-hour marathonwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkLondon Marathon 2026 results: Sabastian Sawe makes history with first competitive sub-two-hour marathonwww.bbc.comPommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoHow does that happen? Wouldnt the 1st place person get the world record since they won?? How can the winner of the race have a worse time than someone who didnt get first place/win the race?
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agoThe first three runners were all faster than the previous world record. So the third place finisher broke the previous world record, but the other two in front of him broke it even harder.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoBut how could he have made history if the other front runners already smashed that? This seems a little weird phrasing
How does that happen? Wouldnt the 1st place person get the world record since they won??
How can the winner of the race have a worse time than someone who didnt get first place/win the race?
The first three runners were all faster than the previous world record.
So the third place finisher broke the previous world record, but the other two in front of him broke it even harder.
But how could he have made history if the other front runners already smashed that? This seems a little weird phrasing
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