Hassan rules women’s marathon
August 12, 2024 | 12:00am
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Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan kept alive her hopes of an unprecedented Olympic treble after picking herself up following a fall to win her 1500 meters heat on August 2, 2021.
AFP photo | via Agence France-Presse
MANILA, Philippines — Sifan Hassan’s endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday.
The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. She held off Ethiopian Tigst Assefa for victory in an Olympic record of two hours 22 minutes 55 seconds.
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