The Dutchwoman of Ethiopian origin Sifan Hassan, with a time of 2h22:55, he took the gold medal in the marathon women’s event at the Paris Games, with Olympic record by stopping the clock at 2h22:55. Hassan also equals the triple of medals that the Czech Emil Zatopek did 72 years ago.
In the 5,000 and 10,000 he took two bronzes and for the marathonjust 34 hours after running for the last time on the track at the Stade de France, He put on his sneakers again to give a recital on the asphalt of Paris.
Hassan, 31, was at the head of the race throughout, without showing his cards and running at a constant pace that gave no clues about his tactics and his form, an unknown after a week of maximum wear and tear.
At the decisive moment, when The race accelerated after the 30-kilometer wallby natural selection alone Five athletes remainedshe along with the Ethiopians Tigst Assefa -world record holder- and Amane Beriso Shankule and the Kenyans Sharon Lokedi and Hellen Obiri, since the Japanese Yuka Suzuki could not hold on from that moment on.
The Dutch He crossed the finish line at the Invalides with the crowd standing on their feet to recognize his achievement. In the end stopped the clock at 2h22:55, improving the previous Olympic record, which was held by Ethiopian Tiki Gelana, with 2h23:07, since August 5, 2012 in London.
Second was Tigst Assefa, just three seconds, and third the Kenyan Hellen Obiri, who, with 2h23:10, achieved a personal best.
With gold in marathon, Sifan Hassan says goodbye to Paris with three medals, the same number of medals he won in Tokyo 2020 with golds in the 5,000 and 10,000 and bronze in the 1,500.
