Simbu is currently busy shooting for Mani Ratnam's 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' costarring Arvind Swamy, Arun Vijay, Aishwarya Rajesh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jyothika and Vijay Sethupathi. He was the chief ...

Alphonce Simbu is a Tanzanian marathon runner who recently won the gold medal on the third day of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Simbu clocked a run time of 2:09:48 to win the title ...

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 ...

Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania edged Amanal Petros of Germany in a photo finish to the men's marathon at the World Track and Field Championships. Simbu and Petros both ran 2:09:48 in Tokyo, with Simbu ...

TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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. It was a ...

Alphonce Felix Simbu made history on Monday (15), becoming the first athlete from Tanzania to win a global title by claiming gold in the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.

TOKYO -- Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania beat Amanal Petros of Germany by three hundredths of a second in an extraordinary, nail-biting men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Monday morning ...