Sifan Hassan caps remarkable Olympics with gold in women’s marathon

The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to tremendous effect, winning gold in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Hassan battled with Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and managed to shake her in the last straight, crossing the finish line in an Olympic record time of 2hr 22min 55 sec.

The sensational gold medal completes a remarkable Games for Hassan, who also won a bronze medal in the 5,000m and 10,000m events at the Stade de France.

Assefa, three seconds behind Hassan, took silver and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri claimed the bronze 15 seconds further back.

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