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Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania celebrates his 5th place finish  Alphonce Felix Simbu is one of the three marathon athletes from Tanzania who competed in today’s Olympic Marathon in Rio de Janeiro, he ran a smart race from the beginning. He maintained negative splits serving his energy for the last; he kept himself at the back of first group full of determined athletes to the half way. Said Makula and Fabian Joseph were also present. The young Tanzanian placed 24 th right after the half way, the group surges for breakaway, Mr. Simbu did not bother but kept his negative splits instead. At the 35 kilometers mark he moved up to 11 th place beating up those who surged with the first group. He suddenly gained momentum moving up to 8 th place and finally compromised 5 th place at the finish line.  The 5 th place finish was historical; Tanzania has had only two bronze medals from Fibert Bayi and Suleiman Nyambui in the Stipple Chase and 5000 meters in 1980 Mosco

Rio Olympic Games are about to end but for Tanzanians the game is just about to start, that’s because the strongest Tanzania team was in the marathon event out of 28 other sports of which we needed to have competitors but we couldn’t do so! Sara Ramadhani competed last Sunday and performed bad, today we have Alphonce Felix Simbu, Said Juma Makula and Fabian Joseph Naasi. Alphonce Felix Simbu WHO ARE THEY? ALPHONCE FELIX SIMBU DOB: February 14 th  1992 (age 24) Place of Birth: Mampando Village, Ikungi - Singida School: Winning Spirit Secondary School Highest Participation: 2015 World Championships - Beijing Said Juma Makula Personal Best: 2:09:19 – Lake Biwa Marathon 2016 SAID JUMA MAKULA DOB: August 1st 1994 Place of Birth: Kisuki Village - Singida School: Kisaki Primary School Fabian Joseph Naasi Highest Participation: 2016 Daegu Marathon – South Korea Personal Best: 2:12:01 – Daegu Marathon 2016 FABIAN JOSEPH NAASI DOB: Dec

Great Britain's Mo Farah won his fourth Olympic gold medal as he became only the second man in history to retain the 5,000m and 10,000m titles. The 33-year-old triumphed in the 5,000m final in Rio to extend his tally as Britain's most successful Olympic track and field athlete of all time. Farah won in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds as Scot Andrew Butchart finished sixth. "It shows I didn't just fluke it in London. To do it again is incredible. I can't believe it," said Farah. Farah's was Britain's 27th gold in Rio and their 65th medal, matching the haul at London 2012. They surpassed that tally when the women's 4x400m relay team won bronze in the penultimate track event of the Games. More history for Mo Farah cemented his place as one of Britain's greatest athletes with  his double success  four years ago, but repeating the feat makes him the world's most successful distance runner in terms of major medals. "My legs were a

Tyson Gay , Justin Gatlin and Mike Rodgers of the U.S. 400-meter relay team.  (Peter Klaunzer / EPA) USA Track and Field’s appeal of the disqualification of the men’s 400-meter relay team has been denied, according to several reports. The U.S. quartet finished third in the final on Friday but soon afterward was disqualified because of a faulty baton exchange between leadoff runner Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin in which Rodgers passed it too early. Jamaica won, followed by Japan. Canada, which had finished fourth, was elevated to third following the U.S. disqualification.   U.S. officials filed a protest with the Jury of Appeals of the International Assn. of Athletics Federations. The rejection of the appeal was first reported by Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated, who cited an official of the IAAF as saying all protests and appeals were rejected, leaving all results to stand. Associated Press also reported the protest had been rejected.  Los Angeles Times

Nicola Adams become the first woman to defend an Olympic  Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women's flyweight final at Rio 2016. The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France's Sarah Ourahmoune. Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won at London 2012. It is GB's first gold boxing medal in Rio, though super-heavyweight Joe Joyce could add another (Sunday, 19:15 BST). "The gold rush continues," Adams told the BBC. "I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer Great Britain has ever had. I can't believe it." Adams, from Leeds, has won Olympic, European and Commonwealth golds and now becomes the first Briton to defend her Olympic crown since middleweight Harry Mallin in 1924. She started strongly against the 15th-ranked Ourahmoune, winning the first of four two-minute rounds on all

Ryan Lochte's claims prompted a spoof poster to be displayed at the athletics stadium US swimmer Ryan Lochte has apologised for his behaviour in Rio and "for not being more careful and candid". The gold medallist had claimed that he and a group of fellow US swimmers had been robbed at a petrol station. But CCTV footage contradicted that story, showing the men had vandalised the petrol station after partying. Mr Lochte  tweeted : "I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that I am sorry." He said he had waited to issue the statement until it was clear that his teammates would be returning to the US. Rio's Mayor, Eduardo Paes, accepted the Americans' apologies: "I confess that my only emotion towards them is pity and contempt," he said. "It's a shame that they're such weak characters, that they have such personality flaws and it's up to the American Olympic Committee to sort it o

Bolt's 19.78 seconds is his slowest winning time in an Olympic 200m final Usain Bolt completed a Rio 2016 sprint double by winning the 200m as Jade Jones took Great Britain's gold-medal tally to 22 with taekwondo success. Bolt's eighth Olympic title came in a time of 19.78 seconds, and the Ja maican has one final chance to win gold in Friday's 4x100m relay final. Jones, meanwhile, beat Eva Calvo Gomez to win taekwondo's -57kg division. With three days remaining, Britain are just nine medals short of the  record  65 they secured in London four years ago. They got off to a great start on day 13 as Alistair Brownlee and brother Jonny won gold and silver respectively in the triathlon, and Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark triumphed in the sailing. Elsewhere, Liam Heath and Jon Schofield  won silver  in the men's 200m kayak double, and Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge  took bronze  in badminton's men's doubles. Nicola Adams  reached the women