Long-distance runner Sawan Barwal scripted history by breaking the 48-year-old marathon national record, the longest-standing mark in Indian athletics, at the NN Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photo credits: Athletics Federation of India via PTI Photo
Long-distance runner Sawan Barwal on Sunday (April 12, 2026) scripted history by breaking the 48-year-old marathon national record, the longest standing mark in Indian athletics, at the NN Marathon Rotterdam.
Barwal clocked 2 hours 11 minutes and 58 seconds in a world class field to finish 20th in the elite marathon race and erase the previous national record of 2:12:00 which stood since 1978 in Shivnath Singh’s name.
Published – April 13, 2026 01:00 am IST
