Published on, Sept. 16 -- September 16, 2025 1:50 AM

Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu produced a savage dip at the line to snatch world marathon gold from Germany's Amanal Petros in Tokyo on Monday.

Simbu and Eritrea-born Petros were both clocked at 2hr 09min 48sec in the most dramatic of endings for the longest event of the world championships in the Japanese capital, the Tanzanian adjudged to have finished three-hundredths ahead.

Italy's Iliass Aouani claimed bronze in 2:09:53.

There was a 88-strong field from 47 countries that took to the streets of Tokyo for the gruelling 26-mile (42km) race.

But many wilted in the hot, stifling morning conditions.

Twenty-two failed to finish, not least Ethiopia's Tadese Takele, who pulled out at...