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Olympic champion Tola to tackle New York marathon title defence
NEW YORK : Ethiopian Tamirat Tola will defend his title at the New York City Marathon weeks after picking up gold in Paris, hoping to become only the second athlete to win the Olympic title and the five-borough major in the same year.
Watch: Bhutanese Runner Finishes Marathon 1.5 Hours After Winner, Gets Loudest Cheer
Kinzang Lhamo, a marathon-runner from Bhutan, received the loudest cheers from the Paris crowd as she crossed the line in the women's marathon event at the Paris Olympics 2024. But she wasn't the winner. Nor the runner-up. Not even the bronze medalist. In fact, the 26-year-old Lhamo finished last. Not just by a small margin either; Lhamo finished nearly an hour and a half after marathon winner Sifan Hassan had crossed the line. Netherlands' Sifan Hassan had smashed the Olympic women's marathon record with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 55 seconds. But that wasn't enough to get the biggest applause of the day.
Sifan Hassan Wins Marathon As Olympic Endurance Gamble Pays Off
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. And Hassan did not disappoint, holding off Ethiopian Tigst Assefa for victory in an Olympic record of 2hr 22min 55sec. It mirrored Hassan's efforts in the Covid-hit Tokyo Games three years ago when she also won three medals: two golds (5,000m, 10,000m) and a bronze (1500m).
United States Top Final Medals Table At Paris Olympics 2024, India At...
The United States pipped China for top spot in the battle of medals on Sunday as Paris prepared to bring the curtain down on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history. In a thrilling finale that capped 17 days of spellbinding action, the United States women's basketball team squeezed past France 67-66 to clinch the last gold of the Games. The win -- the eighth consecutive Olympic women's basketball won by the USA -- ensured the Americans finished level with China on 40 golds each as the games drew to a close.
'How is this possible?' Hassan completes gruelling Paris run with marathon gold
PARIS : Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan sprinted through the finish of the marathon and straight into the pantheon of Olympic greats on Sunday, completing her astonishing Olympic agenda with a gold medal after taking bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.
Paris 2024: Fionnuala McCormack 28th as Sifan Hassan wins dramatic women's marathon gold
Five-time Olympian Fionnuala McCormack finished 28th in the women's marathon at Paris 2024 as the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan edged past Ethiopian world record holder Tigst Assefa to clinch gold by just three seconds.
Record-setting Sifan Hassan captures 3rd Olympic gold medal, 1st in women's marathon
Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 metres left in the women's marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games on Sunday.