Paris 2024 Kadınlar Maratonu’nu Sifan Hassan Rekorla Kazandı

BY BRIAN DALEK PUBLISHED: AUG 11, 2024

After a total 15 kilometers on the Stade de France track and collecting a bronze medal in each of the women’s 10,000 and 5,000 meters, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands completed her own Tour de France by winning the Paris Olympics women’s marathon on Sunday in an Olympic record time of 2:22:55.

Tigst Assefa, the world record holder from Ethiopia, finished second in 2:22:58 to earn the silver medal. (Hassan and Assefa tangled in the final chute before the final kick to the finish.) Kenya’s Hellen Obiri, winner of the last two Boston Marathons, came across in 2:23:10 for bronze.

“I have no words. Every moment in the race I was regretting that I ran the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters,” she said afterward. “I was telling myself if I hadn’t done that, I would feel great today. From the beginning to the end, it was so hard. Every step of the way. I was thinking, ‘Why did I do that? What is wrong with me?’ If I hadn’t done it, I would feel so comfortable here.”