SOUTH KOREA, Feb. 23 -- TANZANIAS Gabriel Geay delivered when it mattered most, storming to a second consecutive title at the Daegu Marathon in South Korea after a breathless sprint finish that separated gold from silver by the finest of margins.

Geay stopped the clock at 2:08:08, the exact same time as Ethiopias Chimdessa Gudeta. What decided it was not the stopwatch, but the final stride.

In a dramatic dash to the line, the Tanzanian found one last burst, leaning through the tape to secure the 200,000 US dollar prize and cement back-to-back victories in Daegu.

It was a race built on patience, tactics and nerve. Early on, it was Geays compatriot Emmanuel Dinday who set the tone.

Dinday surged to the front by the fifth kilometre in 15...