Mtanzania Alphonce Felix Simbu ameshika nafasi ya kwanza na kushinda Medali ya Dhahabu katika mbio za Marathoni Kilometa 42.195 upande wa Wanaume katika mashindano ya Dunia ya World Athletics Championships 2025 akimshinda Mjerumani Amanal Petros.
Simbu ametumia Saa 2:09:48 akipishana na Petros kwa sekunde 3 ambapo Mjerujumani huyo amepewa Medali ya Fedha. Walioshika nafasi zilizofuata ni Iliass Aouani wa Italia (2:09.53) na Tim Vincent wa Australia (2:20.12).
Medali ya Simbu ni ya kwanza kwa Mtanzania kushinda katika michezo hiyo ya World Athletics Championships.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Alphonce Simbu wins Tanzania's first-ever world gold in men's marathon photo finish
The 33-year-old pipped Germany's Amanal Petros to the line in the closest-ever marathon finish at the Worlds, with Italy's Iliass Aouani taking bronze
Picture by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
By Sean McAlister15 September 2025 02:00 GMT+1
3 min read
After 42.195km raced in stifling conditions, the
2025 World Athletics Championships men’s marathon was decided by the smallest of margins.
In a sensational finish inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday 15 September, Tanzania’s
Alphonce Simbu crossed the finish line just ahead of Germany’s
Amanal Petros to win the world title in 2:09:48.
Simbu’s world gold is the first-ever won by a Tanzanian athlete in track & field. It was also the closest-ever margin of victory (0.03 seconds) in a marathon at the world championships.
"I made history today, the first Tanzanian gold medal at a world championships," Simbu said after his victory. "I remember in 2017, at the world championships in London, I won bronze. Then I ran many times but never got any medals, so finally it is here. When I arrived here, I told myself I was not going to give up. I just stayed with the group; it helped me, and it ended really well. Just look at the finish and the kick."
Petros ended the race with the same official time as Simbu and, though he lay on the floor with the finishing tape wrapped around him, will need to content himself with an impressive silver medal.
"It''s like the 100m," Petros reflected after just failing to win gold in a photo finish. "Coming into the finish, I was thinking about winning, so a bit of me is feeling very sad. But I have to accept it. As an athlete, you have to learn for tomorrow, train hard, keep going and be thankful for the silver."
Italy’s
Iliass Aouani was the third man to pass the finish line, claiming bronze in a time of 2:09:53.
Up until the 30th kilometre of the race, a large group that included the medal winners, as well as Uganda’s
Abel Chelangat, the USA’s
Clayton Young and Great Britain’s
Emile Cairess, raced together along the streets of Tokyo, with just a second separating the top dozen runners
Source :
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/wo...ce-simbu-wins-gold-in-thrilling-mens-marathon
