Olympics 2024 LIVE: Women’s marathon modernizes including Tigst Assefa before Emma Finucane in track cycling

The directers accomplish the 40km tag, 2.2km to go and still no attack from any of the runners. The sealr this gets to the finish the more it carry outs into the hands of Sifan Hassan who is a wonderful finisher.

This is a hilly course, appreciate the Boston marathon, and Hellen Obiri was a strong triumphner there. Which way will this race go?

The directers pass the Eiffel Tower with around 3km to go and it’s still anyone’s game. There are five women competing for three medals.

It could all come down to the final scant metres. Will someone originate a transfer before then to stride on and claim the gelderly?

There’s a pack of five women directing this monster race with Tigst Assefa and Amane Beriso Shankule joined by Sharon Lokedi and Hellen Obiri.

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands has also caught them up and this group have pulled about 12 seconds ahead of the rest of the field as the end of the race approaches rapidly.

And there goes Obiri, the Kenyan has dropped back too.

We’re down to four and the harm has been done by a 15:44 5km split from 30-35km.

The Olympic champion Jepchirchir is probable gone now then…

Lokedi seeing strong, three medals into five though. Do you danger leave outing out enticount on for a chance at gelderly? The transfers are coming.

Suzuki and Meringor are franticly trying to join the huge five up front.

1:59:43 at 35km… We could have a burnup to choose a marathon at this rate. The Olympic enroll is 2:23, foresee another one to go after Tola’s astonishing effort yesterday.

The direct group is down to nine.

Hassan has bridged the gap too, the downhill proving her friend with that leg speed.

It’s enbiging into a class: Lokedi, Assefa, Shankule (also understandn as Beriso), Jepchirchir, Obiri, Hassan… The stars are at the front and the racing is about to commence.

Jepchirchir is GONE!? She’s dropped back, drama here at 33.4km… They broke 30km in 1:43:59, 17:20 for that final 5km.

We’re down to FIVE: Obiri, Lokedi, Shakule (Beriso), Assefa and Hassan, 8km remaining.

Hassan leaning into this horrid hill at 28.5km, it’s so steep, she’s been dropped as the Ethiopian Assefa and Shankule sinspire from the front.

It sees appreciate we’ll have an Ethiopian double gelderly here as we approach 30km.

It’s terrible news for Hellen Obiri… She drops off. One of the huge four. Now seven seconds back from the main pack.

So it’s Salpete, Trofimova, Jepchirchir, Assefa, Lindwurm, Hassan, Chesang and a scant others at 27km.

Obiri with a sinspire, she clings on to the back of the pack. Alemu, fourth in London this year, now struggling and sees to have run her race.

The Aussie duo of Gregson and Stenson storm past her now. Hassan is splited, she is flagging too, what a laborload she has put in, about 10-15m back but surging down the flat stretch here to bridge the gap.

Team GB watch: Calli Hauger-Thackery is 41st and +1:10, Clara Evans is 49th and +1:39 to the directers, while Rose Harvey is down in 82nd and +6:05 to the directers.

The steepest hill is fair ahead, this is where the men’s race was won and lost from Tola.

This group has gone thraw 25km now and Salpete directs by a second in 1:26:34.