by Tanzanias Alphonce Felix Simbu produced a wild dip on the line on Monday to grab World Marathon Gold from the German Amanal Petros in Tokyo in Tokyo.
Petro, born in Simbu and Eritrea, both were sentenced to end three hundredths in the most dramatic endings for the longest event of the World Cup in the Japanese capital, the Tanzanian, at 2 hours at 9:00 a.m. 48 seconds.
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Italy’s Ilias Aouani claimed bronze in 2:09:53.
“I wrote history today – the first Tanzanian gold medal at a World Cup,” said Simbu, who won bronze at the Worlds 2017 in London.
There was an 88-member field of 47 countries that went on the streets of Tokyo for the strenuous race of 26 miles (42 km).
But many bobbing in the hot, suffocating morning conditions.
Twenty -two failed, not least, Tadeer Tackele in Ethiopia, which retired on the 33 km long brand, switched off his watch and climbed from the street onto a sidewalk over a barrier, seemingly painful pain.
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Tackele won the Tokyo Marathon in March 2:03:23 and made him the fastest participant for the marathon at the World Championships.
His Ethiopian teammate Deresa Geleta, the second rack in the Tokyo Marathon, was the next top -class victim who arrived at 35.5 km.
Uganda’s Abel Chelangat had a large part of the race up and down and led a final outbreak in the 39.5 km long brand, which divided the lead pack into five, including all three medalists.
When they approached the stadium, Chelangat and Israeli Haimro Alame born in Ethiopia were suddenly falling.
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Petros led the podium trio on the track to see a completely gripping last 300 meters.
The German opened in the back, but was followed by Simbu – second at this year’s Boston Marathon in 2:05:05 – with Aouani in third place.
Petros looked as if he had won the finish line when he approached the finish line, but when Simbu quickly moved up with a last energy boost, the German could do nothing who looked nervously over his right shoulder when his legs tied.
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Simbus persistence paid off when the 33-year-old broke the border that fell to the ground just before Petros.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in the marathon – both the men and the races of women are made to a sprint finish. It’s like 100 m!” said Petros.
“When I finished the finish, I thought about winning, so a little bit of me is very sad. I am sad that I have lost gold in the last three meters, but I’m also very happy for Simbu.”
The defending champion of Uganda, Victor Kiplangat, never landed and took 11th place in 2:11:33.
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