The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan received gold within the girls’s marathon in a dash end to assert her third medal of the Paris Olympics.
The 31-year-old accelerated within the ultimate 200 metres to cross the road in an Olympic file two hours 22 minutes 55 seconds, three seconds forward of Ethiopian Tigst Assefa.
Hassan’s victory got here solely two days after she received bronze within the 10,000m and 6 days after 5,000m bronze.
“I’ve no phrases. Each second within the race I used to be regretting that I ran the 5,000m and 10,000m. I used to be telling myself if I hadn’t accomplished that, I’d really feel nice immediately,” stated Hassan.
“The second I began to really feel good was at 20km, I felt so good. Then I knew I needed gold.”
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri completed third, 12 seconds behind Assefa.
Britain’s Clara Evans was forty sixth in 2:33:01 and Rose Harvey 78th in 2:51:03, whereas Calli Hauger-Thackery didn’t end.
With temperatures touching 24C regardless of an 08:00 race begin, a number of athletes used ice packs through the race and others carried bottles of water for lengthy intervals.
Hassan received 5,000m and 10,000m gold and 1500m bronze at Tokyo 2020.
