Sifan Hassan completed a remarkable week with Olympic gold in the women’s marathon, having already won a pair of 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…