Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands just made Olympic history. With a hard, late kick, Hassan won the women's marathon in an Olympic record time of two hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa came in second, three seconds later. And Kenya's Hellen Obiri took bronze, coming in at 2:23:10.
The gold-medal performance caps a stunning Olympics for Hassan, who had already won two bronze medals on the track at the Stade De France, in each of the women's 5,000 and 10,000 meter races. She last raced in the 10,000 meters on Friday, meaning she had just 35 hours to recover ahead of her marathon performance.
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