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The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan won gold in the women’s marathon in a sprint finish to claim her third medal of the Paris Olympics.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 31-year-old accelerated in the final 200 metres to cross the line in an Olympic record two hours 22 minutes 55 seconds, three seconds ahead of Ethiopian Tigst Assefa.<\/p>\n
Hassan’s victory came only two days after she won bronze in the 10,000m and six days after 5,000m bronze.<\/p>\n
“I have no words. Every moment in the race I was regretting that I ran the 5,000m and 10,000m. I was telling myself if I hadn’t done that, I would feel great today,” said Hassan.<\/p>\n
“The moment I started to feel good was at 20km, I felt so good. Then I knew I wanted gold.”<\/p>\n
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri finished third, 12 seconds behind Assefa.<\/p>\n
Britain’s Clara Evans was 46th in 2:33:01 and Rose Harvey 78th in 2:51:03, while Calli Hauger-Thackery did not finish.<\/p>\n
With temperatures touching 24C despite an 08:00 race start, several athletes used ice packs during the race and others carried bottles of water for long periods.<\/p>\n
Hassan won 5,000m and 10,000m gold and 1500m bronze at Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n