Overview:
Uganda’s Stellah Chesang gave a spirited gallant fight, crossing the finishing line 8th with a time of 2:26.01. Another Ugandan, Rebecca Cheptegei was 44th overall with 2:32.14 whilst Mercyline Chelangat was 69th (2:39:40).
Dutch stance runner Hassan Sifan won the women’s marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics in France.
Sifan clocked the 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 mirco-seconds to triumph in the grueling 42-kilometre race, well watched by hundreds of people along the Paris streets.
This was a new Olympic record set by Sifan under sunny weather conditions on Sunday morning.
Ethiopian Tigst Assefa took silver with 2:22.58 and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri settled for bronze after running a time of 2:23.10, her personal best time over the distance.
Another Kenyan, Sharon Lokedi was fourth with 2:23.14.
Uganda’s Stellah Chesang gave a spirited gallant fight, crossing the finishing line 8th with a time of 2:26.01.
Another Ugandan, Rebecca Cheptegei was 44th overall with 2:32.14 whilst Mercyline Chelangat was 69th (2:39:40).
A total of 79 athletes completed the women marathon race with 12 runners not finishing.
The women marathon had a grand total of 91 runners taking part.
This has been the last competition of the 2024 Paris Olympics where Uganda bagged two medals; Joshua Cheptegei’s gold in 10,000m and Peruth Chemutai in women 3000m steeple chase.
The official closing ceremony will come later on Sunday evening at Stade De France.
