On the ultimate day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands made historical past within the girls’s marathon, successful gold with a brand new Olympic document of two:22:55. That is Hassan’s third medal at these Video games, including to the 2 bronze medals she received within the girls’s 5,000m and 10,000m.
Hassan was the one athlete within the subject who had already raced a complete of 20 kilometres earlier than Sunday’s marathon, however that didn’t appear to be an issue for the Dutch distance runner. Hassan quietly stayed in the back of the pack within the early levels of the race and even discovered herself trailing the lead group on the 29 km mark within the hills. Nonetheless, she caught up with the sphere moments later and gracefully outkicked two-time Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri and world document holder Tigst Assefa within the remaining kilometre for Olympic glory.
Ethiopia’s Assefa ended up with the silver, three seconds behind Hassan in 2:22:58, whereas Kenya’s Obiri ran the quickest time of her profession to say bronze in 2:23:10. This was Obiri’s third Olympic medal, and her first within the marathon (she had beforehand received two silver medals within the girls’s 5,000m). Peres Jepchirchir, the defending Olympic champion, completed fifteenth, in 2:26:51.
Hassan will not be solely the primary feminine athlete to tackle the troublesome Olympic distance triple—5,000m, 10,000m and marathon—but additionally the primary athlete to medal in all three occasions at a single Olympic Video games.
Canada’s Malindi Elmore finishes thirty fifth
Malindi Elmore of Kelowna, B.C., was the lone Canadian within the girls’s marathon subject; she completed thirty fifth in 2:31:08 on a troublesome course.
“It was actually onerous–it was onerous the entire time,” Elmore mentioned in regards to the Paris Olympic marathon course. “Some persons are constructed to run up hills, and sadly, I’m not.”
Elmore was one of many few runners within the subject who had beforehand run the course, however she mentioned she was nonetheless shocked at how powerful it was. “It was gruelling, however I’m very happy with my effort,” Elmore mentioned. “I did my greatest on the day, and that’s all I can ask for.”
The 44-year-old was the oldest runner within the subject to complete the race; Australia’s Sinead Diver, 47, didn’t end.
High 10 outcomes
- Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 2:22:55 (Olympic document)
- Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) 2:22:58
- Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 2:23:10 (PB)
- Sharon Lokedi (Kenya) 2:23:14 (PB)
- Amane Beriso (Ethiopia) 2:23:57
- Yuka Suzuki (Japan) 2:24:02 (PB)
- Delvine Meringor (Romania) 2:24:56
- Stella Chesang (Uganda) 2:26:01
- Lonah Salpeter (Israel) 2:26:08
- Eunice Chumba (Bahrain) 2:26:10
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