TOKYO : Alphonce Felix Simbu snatched gold in the first photo finish at a major championship marathon on Monday, edging out German Amanal Petros in a dramatic race to the line to give Tanzania its maiden world title.The photo finish showed the 42.195km race was decided by three hundredths of a second as S

Alphonce Felix Simbu snatched gold in the first photo finish at a major championship marathon on Monday, edging out German Amanal Petros in a dramatic race to the line to give Tanzania its maiden world title.

Alphonce Felix Simbu wins marathon gold by a photo finish, edging out Amanal Petros by three hundredths of a second.

TOKYO :Tanzania's Alphonse Felix Simbu won the marathon at the World Athletics Championships by the smallest of margins on Monday, edging out German Amanal Petros in a dramatic race to the line.Hitting the tape in two hours, 9 minutes and 48 seconds, Simbu struck back for East African distance running the mor

They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu edged out Amanal Petros in the men's marathon at world championships Monday in a 42.195-kilometer race through the streets of Tokyo that came down to a sprint through the homestretch of the…

It was a finish for the ages in Tokyo. Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu edged out Germany’s Amanal Petros in a dramatic men's marathon at the World Championships winning by just 0.03 seconds after 42 grueling kilometres.