Simbu targets Olympic Games medal before retiring   

Simbu has won all silverware in athletics, except for the Olympics' medal, and said his main target now is the Olympic Games medal. 

The 31-year-old runner said he has intensified his preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

"Yes I do have plans to retire from athletics but I will not retire a happy man without an Olympic Games medal."

"It gives me a headache that I have won many medals but I don't have an Olympic Games medal, I will work hard so that I can win a medal at next year's Paris Olympics," he said.

Simbu was speaking this on arrival from Japan where he battled it out in this year's edition of the Osaka Marathon, ending third in the men's category after clocking 2:06:19.

Commenting on the Osaka Marathon, Simbu said the third-place finish was a result of hardworking and vision.

"The competition was very tough but I'm happy that I made it, I did it because I prepared well, I also thank my coach for his advice, my family, and all athletics stakeholders for being with me," he said.

Simbu has represented Tanzania in many high-profile races including the 2015 World Athletics Championships which witnessed the runner finishing 12th.

The athlete also took part in the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2017 London Marathon which ended with the performer laying his hands on the bronze medal.

The runner moreover featured in the 2017 Mumbai Marathon, winning a gold medal, and the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships, taking the 16th spot.

He also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which took place in 2021, ending seventh, and thereafter won a silver medal in the last year's Birmingham Commonwealth Games which took place in England.