Sifan Hassan ended her mammoth week with a gold in the women's marathon on Sunday, completing her remarkable treble bid to medal in the 5,000-metres, 10,000-metres and marathon.
PARIS -- Sifan Hassan ended her mammoth week with a gold in the women's marathon on Sunday, completing her remarkable treble bid to medal in the 5,000-metres, 10,000-metres and marathon.
The 31-year-old had spoken all week of her fear of the Olympics' longest race, even thinking about the race while she competed on the track."I'm freaking scared for the marathon," she said on Monday. She quoted Muhammad Ali in a post to Instagram on Saturday, saying:"If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough.
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