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09/14 20:26 CDT Marathon at world champs comes down to a sprint and a photo
finish
Marathon at world champs comes down to a sprint and a photo finish
TOKYO (AP) --- 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 26.2-mile (42.195-kilometer) race through the streets
of Tokyo that came down to a sprint down the homestretch of the track at Japan
National Stadium.
It was the closest marathon in world championships history. Both men clocked 2
hours, 9 minutes, 48 seconds, with the photo showing Simbu lunging across the
line a fraction --- 0.03 seconds --- sooner.
Simbu gives Tanzania its first Olympic or world championship gold in any event.
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