ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe hugs his fiancee Lydia Sawe as he is welcomed home by friends, family members and local officials at Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe speaks to journalists as he is welcomed home by friends, family members and local officials at Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe's fiancee Lyida Sawe gives him Mursik, traditional fermented milk drink, to drink from a sotet (a calabash gourd) after he arrives on a military plane, back to his home county in Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe (C) stands for a photo for the press as he is welcomed home by friends, family members and local officials at Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe is welcomed home by friends, family members and local officials at Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe (C) stands for a photo for the press as he is welcomed home by friends, family members and local officials at Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: Sabastian Sawe's fiancee Lydia Sawe (C), 26, welcomes Sabastian Sawe, as he exits the military plane, back to his home county in Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)

ELDORET, KENYA - APRIL 30: People look as as they prepare to welcome Sabastian Sawe back to his home county in Eldoret Airport the day after he arrived back in Kenya on April 30, 2026 at in Eldoret, Kenya. The 31-year-old Kenyan, who is from the town of Eldoret in the country's Rift Valley region, set a new world-record marathon time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds, one minute faster than the previous record. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)