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Dutch multi-event runner Sifan Hassan made history by winning a high quality Paris Olympic women’s marathon on Sunday, just edging out world record holder Tigst Assefa in a tight finish. Hassan, who managed bronze in the Paris 5,000 metres and 10,000m having won gold in both in Tokyo, becomes the first woman to medal in all three events at one Olympics. “I have no words. Every moment in the race I was regretting that I ran the 5000m and 10,000m. I was telling myself if I hadn’t done that, I would feel great today,” she joked. “From the beginning to the end, it was so hard. Every step of the wa…

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