PARIS (AP) — Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics.
Heading into the last 150 meters of a 10-day odyssey that covered more than 38 miles (62 kilometers), the Netherlands runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, and then sprinted by her for the win the last track event of the Paris Games.
Hassan added gold to the bronze medals she won in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
“I feel like I am dreaming. At the end I thought ‘This is just a 100-meter sprint. Come on, Sifan. One more. Just feel it,’” Hassan said. “Every step I challenged myself, and now I am
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