Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu won a thrilling men's marathon Monday at the world championships in Tokyo, outsprinting Germany's Ama

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TANZANIA’S marathon hopes at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, will rest on the shoulders of Alphonce Simbu and Josephat Gisemo, who are set to compete for medals today. Tanzania qualified six athletes for the championships but sent only two,

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Viewers in the UK can watch the World Athletics Championships for free on BBC One and Two and BBC iPlayer, with live coverage from 11am BST on BBC Two and 12:15pm on BBC One on Monday 15 September. The men’s pole vault final will be live from 12:10pm BST.

After the race, the timings of both Simbu and Petros read two hours, nine minutes and 48 seconds, the German taking silver despite entering the last stretch of the race as the leader in the Tokyo's National Stadium.

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A room packed with the world’s media at a five-star hotel in Tokyo hanging on every word from Australian teen sprint sensation Gout Gout.

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Another five titles will be decided on day three of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. The programme kicks off with the men’s marathon and concludes with the women’s 100m hurdles. Seven women have run 12.