Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa

PARIS (AP) — Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics. Heading into the last 150 meters of her 10-day Olympics odyssey that spanned three events and 38 miles (62 kilometers), the Netherlands' runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia,...

Lyles, Sha'Carri, Hassan take Olympic track on a wild ride. A look at winners and losers in Paris

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Between the Noah Lyles drama in the sprints and distance demon Sifan Hassan's 62-kilometer odyssey that wrapped up with a gold medal, track and field took the Olympics on a wild ride over 10 days of close calls, upsets and drama. In summing up the winners...

Sifan Hassan wins the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics

Women's Olympic marathon in Paris records a 1st by running last instead of the men's race

PARIS (AP) — There was a time, not that long ago, when those in charge of the Olympics thought it was too dangerous for women to run a marathon. On Sunday, in a break with tradition that stamps an exclamation point on how much has changed over the last 40 years, the women, not the...

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn't stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. ...

Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The ear-splitting roars raining down on the track and field stars in the Stade de France felt like eight years of pent-up energy flowing out at once. They were for distance runner Joshua Cheptegei, who stamped his mark on a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter...

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. 'It is very hard.'

PARIS (AP) — Attempting to defend her 5,000- and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. She also will push herself in the ultimate test of endurance, adding the marathon to her program at the Paris Games. “I can’t tell...