“The Olympic energy was what kept me going all the way to the finish line,” she said. “Any other race, I would have quit because I couldn't run the way I normally do… and the pain was really bad, but I just had to get to the finish line, I had to run the Olympic marathon.”
Harvey turned professional in 2022 and was the fastest British woman at the London Marathon that year. Her time of 2:23.21 in Chicago last year was the fifth-fastest marathon time ever by a British woman.
Hassan, meanwhile, delivered one of the most remarkable athletic feats in Olympic history by becoming the first woman – and the first person since Emil Zatopek in 1952 – to win medals in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon.
She also took gold in the women's marathon, beating Ethiopian world record holder Tigst Assefa in a spectacular finish.
Hassan had only completed the 10,000 meters on Friday night, but after less than 36 hours to recover, she was back on the streets of Paris on Sunday morning, setting an Olympic record despite the unusually hilly course.