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Sifan Hassan was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia and raised in the countryside of Kersa in the Munesa district of the Arsi Zone of Oromia. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] She was a recreational runner there. She left her home country as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in 2008 at age 15.
PARIS — In the span of less than a week, Sifan Hassan pulled off one of the most remarkable trebles in Olympic history.. The superhuman Dutch distance runner became the first woman to medal in ...
McColgan is part of a strong women's field that includes Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan, who was named World Athletics' female athlete of the year after claiming Olympic marathon gold as well ...
Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics. Heading into the last 150 meters of her 10-day Olympics odyssey that spanned three events and 38 miles (62 kilometers ...
Sifan Hassan, arguably the greatest distance runner in the world, was scraping the fence and barely behind. Tigst Assefa, the sport’s world record holder, was desperately clinging to the lead.
Then in 2023, 1500 world record holder Faith Kipyegon joined the mix beating Hassan and Chebet while Tsegay applied her efforts to win the 10,000. Ethiopia didn't select the season's world leader Tsigie Gebreselama , but did select Ejgayehu Taye , 2023 10,000 bronze medalist , who finished .16 behind her at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic , by far ...
PARIS (AP) — Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics.. Heading into the last 150 meters of a 10-day odyssey that covered more than 38 miles (62 kilometers), the Netherlands runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, and then sprinted by her for the win the last track event of the Paris Games.
Over the final 195 metre sprint, Hassan took the lead, hitting the finish banner for the gold medal three seconds ahead of silver medalist Assefa. Obiri won the bronze, 12 seconds further back. [3] Hassan's winning margin of three seconds over a distance of greater than 26 miles (42 km) was the narrowest of any women's marathon at the Olympics.