Paris Olympics: Dutch runner Sifan Hassan wins marathon

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00:00A spectacular end to the women's marathon, a sprint finish as Sifan Hassan won gold for

00:06the Netherlands. She accelerated in those final 200 meters to cross the line in an Olympic record

00:12of two hours 22 minutes and 55 seconds ahead of Ethiopian tickets Assefa and Kenya's Helen

00:19Obiri. And it's just really been an incredible week for the Dutch athlete as she has won gold

00:25in the marathon. She won bronze in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, an incredible feat all in the same

00:32week here at the Olympics. And this obviously adds to the three medals that she got back in

00:37Tokyo. She became the first athlete ever to win gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 as well as a bronze

00:44in the 1,500. And it's just really a great story all around because she's originally a refugee

00:50from Ethiopia who settled in the Netherlands as a teenager. And what can we expect to see

00:56on this last day of competition? There's still a lot of medals up for grabs.

01:04That's right, there are 13 medals up for grabs including three here at the Velodrome

01:09in the men's Keren, the women's sprint and the women's Omnium. There's still lots of chances

01:15for the hosts of France to add to their medal tally especially in the women's basketball final.

01:21They'll be facing the Team USA later on. Looking like it's going to be a tough task though as it

01:27was for the French men's team against also Team USA last night. The women, the Americans will be

01:33the bigger favorites going into this one. They are perhaps even more invincible than the men

01:37because they are looking to win an eighth consecutive Olympic gold here.

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