TOKYO — At the end of 24,500 meters of hard running in six races over nine days, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stood alone before tumbling to the track, disbelief etched across her face.
On Saturday, Hassan won the women’s 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Games to pull off an extraordinary feat, winning medals in three grueling events: the 1,500, the 5,000 and the 10,000 meters.
Back on the medal podium for the third and final time, she cried.
“And it wasn’t the medal,” she said. “It was that I’m done. It was a relief. I think I’m kind of crazy?