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Sifan Hassan closed out her 2024 Summer Olympics in emphatic fashion.
The Dutch distance runner edged out Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa in a furious fight to the finish to win the women's marathon. Only 0.03 seconds separated the two when they crossed the line, and Hassan set an Olympic record with a time of 2:22:55.
Kenya's Hellen Obiri rounded out the medal podium.
Having already earned bronze medals in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races in Paris, Hassan entered rarefied air with her triumph. ESPN's Connor O'Halloran noted Czech legend Emil Zátopek (1952) is the only other runner to medal in three distance events at one Summer Games.