Hassan was the only athlete in the field who had already raced 20 kilometres before Sunday’s marathon, but that did not seem to be a problem as she went on to win her third medal in Paris
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Tonight, the grand finale in the Stade de France. The final session of athletics of the Olympic Games, and there is plenty to look forward to. James Rhodes runs through what is to come. Whilst the running concludes with the women’s marathon tomorrow morning, the track and field action concludes tonight in the Stade de […]
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It was a day like no other for Emile Cairess on the streets of Paris. An Olympic debut to remember, as James Rhodes reports. A day to remember for Emile Cairess. Not since Jon Brown twenty years ago has a British man finished fourth at the Olympics. Least of all on one of the most […]
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Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge faced a tough challenge on the hills, stepping off the course at the 30K mark—his first career marathon DNF
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The first Japanese man to make an Olympic 110 m hurdles final, NR co-holder Rachid Muratake turned in the best performance by a Japanese athlete so far at the Paris Olympics when he took 5th in the final. Only 8th in the field on semifinal time, Muratake outran American Freddie Crittenden and Jamaicans Hansle Parchment and Orlando Bennett, crossing the line in a photo finish with Spain’s Enrique
