Simbu snatches marathon gold from Petros in historic photo finish

By  REUTERS

REUTERS

What you need to know:

  • The photo finish showed the 42.195km race was decided by three hundredths of a second as Simbu surged past the diving Petros at the line, closer than the 0.05-second gap between the gold and silver medallists in the men's 100m final on Sunday

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