Olympics-Athletics-'How is this possible?' Hassan completes gruelling Paris run with marathon gold

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Marathon - Paris, France - August 11, 2024. Sifan Hassan of Netherlands crosses the finish line at Invalides to win gold. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

PARIS (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan sprinted through the finish of the marathon and straight into the pantheon of Olympic greats on Sunday, completing her astonishing Olympic agenda with a gold medal after taking bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.

A hundred years on from Paavo Nurmi's five golds in Paris, the 2024 Games got the athletics hero they had been waiting for in Hassan, who became the first since Czech Emil Zatopek in 1952 to medal in those three events.