Sawe’s secret sauce: inside the lab that fuelled historic sub-two hour marathon
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When Sabastian Sawe became the first person to complete an official marathon in under two hours last month, global media coverage overwhelmingly fixated on his carbon-plated shoes.
當薩巴斯蒂安·薩維上個月成為第一位在兩小時內完成正式馬拉松的人時，全球媒體的報導壓倒性地聚焦在他的碳板鞋上。
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Yet inside an unremarkable office building in Gothenburg, Sweden, a team of scientists argued that another factor deserved equal recognition.
然而，在瑞典哥德堡一棟不起眼的辦公大樓內，一組科學家團隊主張另一個因素也應獲得同等的認可。
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Their employer, the sports nutrition brand Maurten, has quietly revolutionised marathon innovation through hydrogels, high-carbohydrate drinks, and bicarbonate formulations that elite runners now consider indispensable.
他們的雇主，運動營養品牌 Maurten，已透過水凝膠、高碳水化合物飲料和碳酸氫鹽配方，悄然革命化了馬拉松創新，而這些配方現在被精英跑者視為不可或缺。
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Olof Sköld, co-founder and chief executive of Maurten, emphasised that the company's influence extends far beyond what meets the eye.
Maurten 的共同創辦人兼執行長奧洛夫·斯科爾德強調，該公司的影響力遠遠超出了肉眼所見。
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He noted that while shoe brands command enormous visibility on podiums worldwide, Maurten remains the sole constant among record-breaking performances.
他指出，雖然鞋類品牌在全球頒獎台上擁有極高的曝光度，但 Maurten 仍是破紀錄表現中唯一的恆定量。
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Since 2018, every men's and women's marathon world record has been achieved by an athlete fuelled by their nutrition products.
自 2018 年以來，每一項男子與女子馬拉松世界紀錄，都是由一位攝取 Maurten 營養產品的運動員所達成的。
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Were it not for their research development, Sköld suggested, the landscape of elite distance running would look fundamentally different.
斯科爾德表示，若非因為他們的研發，頂尖長跑界的格局將會截然不同。
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The Gothenburg headquarters reflects the company's growing stature, with conference rooms named after distance running legends including Eliud Kipchoge and Keely Hodgkinson.
位於哥德堡的總部反映了該公司日益增長的地位，其會議室以包括埃利烏德·基普喬蓋和基莉·霍奇金森在內的長跑傳奇人物命名。
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The latest addition honours Sawe himself, whose London Marathon time of one hour, fifty-nine minutes, and thirty seconds redefined human endurance.
最新的增設是為了向薩維本人致敬，他在倫敦馬拉松以一小時五十九分三十秒的成績重新定義了人類的耐力。
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Not only did his performance shatter expectations, but it also validated years of meticulous sports science research conducted in relative obscurity.
他的表現不僅打破了預期，還驗證了在相對默默無聞的情況下所進行的多年的細緻運動科學研究。
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The dominance of Maurten's products at the London Marathon was striking in its own right.
Maurten 產品在倫敦馬拉松的主導地位本身就令人矚目。
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Seven of the top eight male finishers maintained an official relationship with the Swedish company, as did five of the top six women.
前八名男子完賽者中有七位與這家瑞典公司（Maurten）保持著正式合作關係，前六名女子完賽者中也有五位如此。
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Should this trend persist, the question arises whether performance enhancement through nutrition science might eventually rival the impact of advanced footwear technology.
倘若這種趨勢持續下去，問題就在於營養科學帶來的表現提升，是否最終能與先進鞋類技術的影響力相抗衡。
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Can hydrogels and carefully engineered carbohydrate delivery systems truly give super spikes a run for their money?
水凝膠和精心設計的碳水化合物傳導系統真的能讓超級釘鞋面臨強勁挑戰嗎？
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The evidence from London would strongly suggest so.
來自倫敦的證據強烈表明事實確實如此。