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According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program." [6]
The Dutch distance runner became the first woman to medal in the 5,000 meters, the 10,000 and the marathon at the same Olympics. Paris 2024: Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon to complete one of ...
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics, the women's marathon was the final event, recognising gender equality and women's rights, with the men's going off the day before. [10] The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024.
Team GB runner Rose Harvey has revealed that she completed the women’s marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games despite having a broken leg.
December 26, 2024 at 7:00 AM. ... Last summer in Paris, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in an Olympic-record 2:22.55 after taking bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, events that ...
Women's marathon: 2:16:16 Wo: ... August 1–11: 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris; World Championships. March 1–3: 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the fastest marathon time by a female runner without male pace makers – set by Mary Keitany in 2017 by 45 seconds.