Sifan Hassan begins Olympic treble attempt with bronze in 5,000m, Faith Kipyegon reinstated for silver
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan begins Olympic treble attempt with bronze in 5,000m, Faith Kipyegon reinstated for silver

New York Times  

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands may not have successfully defended her title in the women’s 5,000 meters, but with a bronze medal in the first leg of what would be a historic Olympic treble the 31-year-old continues to push the boundaries of belief in middle and long-distance running. Hassan, who possesses unmatched speed down the stretch, ran out of track as she tried to chase down Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet, who won the race in 14:28.56, and had to settle for a bronze medal. Often run on hot summer nights and without a pace setter where all that matters is who crosses the finish line first, they usually become tactical contests, allowing a runner like Hassan, known for her deadly kick, to compete with women who would likely beat her in a time trial. With a mile and a half to go, Hassan began to make her move, climbing into third to last about seven meters behind the leaders as Tsegay, Chebet, Kipyegon and Ejgayehu Taye worked at the front to try to suck the life out of Hassan’s legs.

Race Olympic Marathon Distance Hassan Runner Chebet Kipyegon Tsegay  sifan  kipyegon  medal  silver  reinstated  won  runner  begins  faith  tsegay  bronze  meters  olympic  race  distance  treble  hassan  miles  marathon

History of this topic

Sifan Hassan confirms London Marathon return and reveals ambitious new goal
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan confirms London Marathon return and reveals ambitious new goal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa

Associated Press  

PARIS — 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, the Netherlands’ runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, and then sprinted by her to win the last track event of the Paris Games. So …

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABC  

When Sifan Hassan claimed her second bronze medal on the track at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she was already looking forward. Hell for most, heaven for one, as Hassan created history on a historic day for women's running. With the women's race closing out the athletics program for the first time, Dutch runner Hassan became the first woman in …

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Once an Ethiopian asylum seeker, the Dutch distance running great won her third medal of the Paris Olympics in a thrilling finish to the women’s marathon. Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a gruelling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on the last day of the Olympics, giving the games a dramatic ending of her own. …

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon gold, completes astounding Olympic treble
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon gold, completes astounding Olympic treble

New York Times  

In the most dramatic and competitive Olympic marathon maybe ever, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands officially became an athlete for the ages. The great cliche of marathon racing — “great” because it’s so true — is that “20 miles is halfway.” In so many races, the first 80 percent of the marathon is basically transportation, and then the real racing …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Sifan Hassan earns second medal of Paris Olympics with bronze in 10,000m, awaits marathon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan earns second medal of Paris Olympics with bronze in 10,000m, awaits marathon

New York Times  

Sifan Hassan collected her second medal of the Paris Olympics, another bronze, this time in the women’s 10,000-meter final. That might sound like a disappointment for the Dutch runner, since she won this race three years ago in Tokyo, along with a gold medal in the 5,000 at those Games. It wasn’t, especially considering Hassan has a marathon to run …

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold

New Indian Express  

PARIS: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday, ending defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble. Chebet -- nicknamed "the smiling assassin" -- bided her time before accelerating past compatriot Faith Kipyegon down the home straight to take gold in 14min 28.56sec at the Stade …

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn’t stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. … My main goal is to complete all three distances.” Chebet clocked 14 minutes, 28.56 …

50 laps and then a marathon: Sifan Hassan chases impossible dream at Paris Olympics
7 months, 4 weeks ago

50 laps and then a marathon: Sifan Hassan chases impossible dream at Paris Olympics

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Not so …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m
8 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m

The Hindu  

Defending champion Sifan Hassan took second place in her Olympic 5,000 metres qualifying heat on Friday with a typical last-minute charge to overtake seven women in the home straight and finish a tenth of a second behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon. Hassan, 31, who took the distance running world by storm last year when she won the London Marathon on her …

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ’It is very hard.’
8 months ago

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ’It is very hard.’

The Hindu  

Attempting to defend her 5,000 and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. “I can’t tell you I’m going to get the gold medal in every event,” Ms. Hassan said Wednesday. “I’m curious what is going to happen,” MS. Hassan said. And how I’m going to recover.” Ms. Hassan could have run a fourth …

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ‘It is very hard.’
8 months ago

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. ‘It is very hard.’

Associated Press  

PARIS — Attempting to defend her 5,000- and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. “I can’t tell you I’m going to get the gold medal in every event,” Hassan said Wednesday. “It is very hard.” Hassan’s program will look The 5,000 heats on Friday and the final on Monday. But now she can …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold

The Hindu  

Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday with a time of two hours, eight minutes, 53 seconds, while Maru Teferi of Israel finished with silver despite taking a tumble. The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kiplangat broke away on his own with about 4 km to go, crossing the finish line with an …

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 7 months ago

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon became the first woman ever to complete a 1,500-5,000 metres double at the World Championships after she raced to victory over the longer distance on Saturday. Four days after she won the 1,500 metres, the two-time Olympic gold medallist surged away from Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan down the home straight to cross in 14 minutes 53.88 seconds for …

Paris Olympics podium the target as Laura Muir stays ‘in the mix’ for ‘crazier than ever’ 1500m medals
1 year, 7 months ago

Paris Olympics podium the target as Laura Muir stays ‘in the mix’ for ‘crazier than ever’ 1500m medals

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kipyegon cruises to third gold medal in 1500m in Budapest
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kipyegon cruises to third gold medal in 1500m in Budapest

The Hindu  

Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon capped a year that brought her a trio of world records by claiming a hat-trick of world 1,500 metres gold medals as she ran a perfect race to come home in 3:54.87 in Tuesday’s final. Still only 29, Budapest is her sixth World Championships and she now has a remarkable haul of three golds, two …

Hassan shows spirit to reach 1500m world final
1 year, 7 months ago

Hassan shows spirit to reach 1500m world final

The Hindu  

Sifan Hassan on Sunday rebounded from her dramatic fall metres from the finish of the 10,000m world final to reach the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships. However, the Ethiopia-born 5,000m/10,000m Olympic champion showed fighting spirit to ease into Tuesday's final, timing a season's best 3min 55.48sec to finish third in her semi-final behind winner Faith Kipyegon and Diribe …

Sifan Hassan, Emil Zatopek and the power of ‘crazy’
1 year, 10 months ago

Sifan Hassan, Emil Zatopek and the power of ‘crazy’

The Hindu  

When Sifan Hassan decided to race the 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, she knew of the bewilderment she was causing among fans and other athletes. “Believe me, I think I’m crazy too.” Several decades ago, another long-distance runner provoked astonishingly similar sentiments. “They thought I am crazy,” Zatopek once said, describing how the crowd responded …

Hassan may look to emulate Zatopek’s distance triple in Paris
1 year, 11 months ago

Hassan may look to emulate Zatopek’s distance triple in Paris

The Hindu  

London Marathon women’s champion Sifan Hassan may try to emulate Czech great Emil Zatopek by going for gold in the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon at next year’s Paris Olympics, according to reports on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Dutch athlete, who won the Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m titles in Tokyo, made a stunning marathon debut in London on Sunday, coming home first …

Sifan Hassan wins debut London Marathon in thrilling sprint finish
1 year, 11 months ago

Sifan Hassan wins debut London Marathon in thrilling sprint finish

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

Sifan Hassan Dials Down Expectations After Tokyo Medal Triple
2 years, 8 months ago

Sifan Hassan Dials Down Expectations After Tokyo Medal Triple

News 18  

Triple Olympic medal winner Sifan Hassan will not be chasing hattrick of titles at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon, but rather add only one other event to her bid to win the 5,000 metres world title. The Dutch distance runner did the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres gold double at last year’s Tokyo Olympics and took bronze in …

Hassan gets 3 distance medals in amazing Olympic odyssey
3 years, 7 months ago

Hassan gets 3 distance medals in amazing Olympic odyssey

Associated Press  

TOKYO — By the time she reached the 65th and final lap of her eight-day Olympic odyssey, Sifan Hassan’s neck had seized up and she couldn’t turn her head. Deep into her sixth race across three distances that covered more than 24 kilometers on Tokyo’s sweltering Olympic track, Hassan burst past world-record holder Letesenbet Gidey to win the 10,000-meter gold …

Sifan Hassan dominates to win 5,000m at Tokyo Olympics in bid to claim historic gold medal treble
3 years, 8 months ago

Sifan Hassan dominates to win 5,000m at Tokyo Olympics in bid to claim historic gold medal treble

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I was …

Tokyo Olympics: Sifan Hassan wins 5000 metres in first step in treble gold bid
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Sifan Hassan wins 5000 metres in first step in treble gold bid

The Hindu  

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan took a first, giant step in her bid for an unprecedented Olympic treble when she sprinted to gold in the 5000m on Monday. In Ethiopians Tsegay, Ejgayehu Taye and Senbere Teferi, and Kenya's Obiri and Agnes Tirop, the entry list featured five of the world's 10 fastest ever over the distance. READ : Morocco's Soufiane el-Bakkali …

She’s out for an unprecedented Olympic triple crown, even if ‘people think I’m crazy’
3 years, 8 months ago

She’s out for an unprecedented Olympic triple crown, even if ‘people think I’m crazy’

LA Times  

Netherlands distance runner Sifan Hassan celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s 5,000-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands is attempting to become the first athlete to win the 1,500-, 5,000- and 10,000-meter events in the same Olympic Games. “Many people think I’m crazy” to try to win three distance …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kenya's 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon ready for title defence after long absence
5 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kenya's 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon ready for title defence after long absence

Firstpost  

Kipyegon returned to competition this season after taking nearly two years off for the birth of her daughter last year and has recovered from an adductor injury picked up in June. Eldoret: Kenya’s Olympic 1,500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon said on Thursday that winning a silver medal at this year’s World Championships in Doha after having a baby had motivated …

Discover Related