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 ...
Marathon at worlds takes weird twists: a false start, a near wrong turn and, finally, a photo finish
TOKYO – They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner. Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged out Amanal Petros in a wild men's marathon at world championships Monday.
Photo finishes are normally reserved for incredibly fast events where it's impossible to tell who won with the naked eye. They usually don't happen at the end of marathons. But a photo finish was ...
Marathon at worlds takes weird twists: a false start, a near wrong turn and, finally, a photo finish
It was a 26.2-mile (42.195-kilometer) race through the streets of Tokyo that began with a false start and ended with a sprint down the homestretch of the track — but only after Simbu nearly missed the ...
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