from towns north of athens, as wildfires spread across the country. two people are known to have died, and at least 20 others have been injured. reports from northern afghanistan say there s heavy fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. a taliban spokesman said their fighters were inching towards the centre of the city. the latest changes to britain s travel restrictions have come into force. seven countries including germany have been added to the green list. kenya s eliud kipchoge has defended his marathon title on the last day of the tokyo olympics. meanwhile team gb s jason kenny won the men s keirin becoming his country s most decorated olympian, with a total of seven gold medals. now on bbc news global questions.
sarah palin beats paul ryan. well, she beats him when it comes to marathons. turns out congressman ryan did not have a two hour and 50 something run time like he claimed last week. it was more like four hours, one minute, 25 seconds. runners world magazine debunked his fib. ryan later admitted his brother owns the fastest marathon title in the family and he has never run a sub-three. the last republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin has a best time of three hours, 59 minutes. a runner-up will get to fulfill california delegate duties at democratic national convention taking place in charlotte. one is out after a night of heavy drinking and a police intervention. two delegates came back to their hotel, apparently passed out. one appeared to be unconscious so staff called the paramedics. he was sent to the hospital, then released the next day but the other delegate started fighting with hotel staff and emergency teches. the delegate was not arrested
minutes, 6 seconds. that by the way crushes the previous mark by more than two minutes. the women s winner, from ethiopia, trailed in the race with several miles to go and won with a stunning comeback for her first marathon title and doctors say running like this can be good for the heart and in this case it s he very good for the heart of new york s economy. julie banderas live for us in new york city with more on the money aspect, julie? reporter: yeah, you could say that the marathon route, all 26.2 miles of it was paved in gold. the revenue coming out of this marathon, a record breaker, 300 million dollars in fact expected to be made off of this marathon and 47,000 runners, a really big day, 2000 in more in fact than last year and a huge economic windfall for new york city, the largest sporting event ever actually for the city. sort of like an annual olympics, if you will. and at this point it seems most have crossed the finish line although there are