Andy Buchanan, a late replacement for the Paris Olympics, took over a minute off the previous Australian Marathon record on a fast course in Valencia, while Izzi Batt-Doyle ran the third-fastest time by an Australian woman in history.
Andy Buchanan has broken the Australia n marathon record, taking more than a minute off the previous mark in Valencia on Sunday.In the same race, Izzi Batt-Doyle ran the third-fastest time ever by an Australia n woman over the distance, taking 28 seconds off her personal best to run 2.22:59 and finish eighth., organisers pledged 3 euros for each person who finished the race to go towards rebuilding grassroots sporting facilities in some of the 75 towns impacted by the disaster.
Despite missing out on the marathon, she still competed at the Paris Games, reaching the final on the track in the 5,000m.In the men's race, Kenya's Sabastian Sawe took the win in an astonishing 2.02:05 in what was his debut over the 42km distance. Courses like Valencia are known as flat, fast courses with multiple national records falling on the day, and in idyllic conditions the 33-year-old tore around the flat course in 2, hours, 6 minutes and 22 seconds.
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