Simbo from Tanzania wins gold in the marathon at the historic end Athletics News

Alphonce Felix Simbu made history by becoming the first Tanzanian to win a world title in a major sporting event.

Alphonce Felix Simbu grabbed the gold in the first picture in a major championship on Monday, where he clarified the German Amanal Petros in a dramatic race to the line to give Tanzania the world title before marriage.

The end of the image showed that the race, which is 42.195 km long, was identified by three hundred seconds, as Simbo rose until after the petroleum diving in the line, that is, closer to the 0.05 seconds gap between the gold and silver medals in the 100 -meter for men on Sunday.

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Simbo and Petros were given at the same time for two hours, nine minutes and 48 seconds, and the German took silver despite its head on the field where the leaders entered the Tokyo National Stadium. Italian Italian women took the bronze Aouani in 2: 09.53.

“When we entered the stadium, I was not sure if I was to win,” said 33 -year -old Simbo. “I didn’t know if I had won. But when I saw the video screens while I was at the top of the results, I felt comfortable.

“I made history today – the first Tanzanian gold medal in the World Championship.”

The smallest margin of victory in the global marathon race

The end was closer than in the 2001 championship in Edmonton, when Ethiopian Abera Kenyan Simon skipped in one second.

Joshia Thoguan in South Africa won the nearest Olympic Men Marathon three seconds from South Korea Lee Bong Go in the 1996 Atlanta games.

It was the first world title for Simbo, who won a bronze in the marathon race in the World Championship in London in 2017 and won second place in the Boston Marathon in April.

Simbo returned to East Africa distance in the morning after the French Jimmy Greisée became the first man outside the region to win 10,000 km for more than 40 years.

The event was opened early in the morning in another accident that reminds us of the race more than the tolerance races when Vincent Kipkimoy Najic jumped from Kenya, forcing the restart.

It followed more shocks as the secrets of the contestants in this field, namely Tadese Tadese Tadese Tadese and Deresa Gleta, who obtained gold and silver in the Tokyo city marathon in March, with less than 10 kilometers to go.

The race was wide open to most of the distance, with a few dozen contestants in the leading group about 90 minutes.

After that, the package gradually vanished, as some of them faded in the morning heat, leaving Simbo, Peteros and Owani from the next field to the field.

Petros, born in Eritrean, seemed to restore the title to Europe until Simbo found a late kick and ran on the line.

“It is like 100 meters,” said Petros. “When you get to the end, I was thinking about winning, so a little of me feels very sad.

“But I have to accept it. As a sporty, you have to learn for tomorrow, train hard, continue to go, and be grateful for silver.”