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The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Wikipedia
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Sifan Hassan ended her mammoth week with a gold in the women's marathon on Sunday, completing her remarkable treble bid with medals also in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 meters left in the women’s marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games.
The last athlete to finish Sunday's marathon, an hour and a half after the winner, did so to a standing ovation on the final day of the Paris Games.
Sifan Hassan and Tigst Assefa turn on the afterburners in the final few moments of the women's marathon, racing shoulder to shoulder, but it's Hassan who bre...
The Dutch runner wins the final race of her distance treble and leaves Paris with two bronze medals and a gold.
This year, the women, not the men, will have the honor of closing out the Olympic track meet with the marathon.
Sifan Hassan is a three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion already, but she's about to attempt an epic accomplishment in Paris.
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