Sifan Hassan caps remarkable week with gold in women's marathon

Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan completed a remarkable week with Olympic gold in the women's marathon on Sunday morning after winning two bronzes in the two long-distance track events.

Barely 36 hours after claiming third spot in the 10,000 metres final, Hassan was back in action and won the marathon in an Olympic record time of two hours 22 minutes and 55 seconds.

The Ethiopia-born Dutch runner, who also clinched bronze in the 5,000m on Tuesday, became Europe's first winner of this event since Romania's Constantina Diá¹­a-Tomescu in 2008.

Hassan, already a double Olympic champion with Tokyo 2020 gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m, defeated Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa by three seconds in a sprint finish while Kenya's Hellen Obiri took bronze.

Great Britain's Clara Evans finished 46th, a little over 10 minutes off Hassan's winning time but still a season's best, while compatriots Rose Harvey was 78th and Calli Hauger-Thackery did not finish.

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