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2 weeks, 5 days ago

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

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1 month ago

Sifan Hassan facing tough competition in BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award

NL Times

Sifan Hassan is one of several highly prestigious athletes who are nominated for the BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award. Other nominees include US Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, Basketball player Caitlin Clark, and Armand Duplantis, who broke the Olympic and world record in pole vaulting in 2024. One of the contenders for the award is Simone Biles, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

Dutch News

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has become the first Dutch sportswoman to be named World Athlete of the Year at a ceremony held by the sport’s governing body. She was also named women’s out of stadium athlete of the year at World Athletics’ annual awards ceremony in Monaco. “Sport is good for everyone’s health, and if we invest in it …

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Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world

NL Times

Sifan Hassan was chosen as the best athlete in the world for 2024 at the awards gala of the global association World Athletics in Monaco. The 31-year-old Hassan was the first woman ever to combine the 5,000 and 10,000 meter track distances with the maratho at the Games in Paris. The Dutch woman of Ethiopian descent won two world titles …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan beats Femke Bol in Dutch athlete of the year election

NL Times

Sifan Hassan has been voted the best Dutch athlete of the year. The Olympic marathon champion beat Femke Bol and para-athlete Joël de Jong, the other two candidates on the shortlist. The 31-year-old long-distance specialist was the first woman ever to combine the 5,000 and 10,000-meter track distances with the marathon at the Olympic Games in Paris. At the Games …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Femke Bol and Sifan Hassan nominated for European athlete of the year award

NL Times

Femke Bol and Sifan Hassan are contenders for the European Athlete of the Year award. The two high-level Dutch athletes are among the ten nominees who can be voted for online, the European Athletic Association reported. Bol has been chosen as the best European Athlete for the last two years and could become the first woman to win the award …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

The Hindu

The Olympic athletics programme, highlighted by the shortest event and then the longest, saw performances of astonishing quality and spine-tingling drama, played out to a beautiful and unique purple backdrop that will forever mean Paris. The closest and highest quality men's 100 metres race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hollywood ending for Sifan Hassan — and Paris Olympics

Raw Story

Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a grueling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on Sunday, as Tom Cruise is rumored to close the Olympic Games with a Hollywood ending. “It was so hot, but I was feeling OK. I’ve never pushed myself through to the finish line as I did today.” It was a sensational …

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4 months, 4 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 …

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4 months, 4 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 …

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4 months, 4 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. …

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4 months, 4 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 …

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5 months 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 …

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5 months ago

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

The Independent

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5 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 …

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5 months, 1 week 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 …

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5 months, 1 week 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 …

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5 months, 1 week ago

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

Associated Press

PARIS — The 2024 Olympics are done. Sunday, Aug. 11 ATHLETICS WOMEN’S MARATHON Gold: Netherlands Silver: Ethiopia Bronze: Kenya BASKETBALL WOMEN’S Gold: United States Silver: France Bronze: Australia CYCLING TRACK MEN’S KEIRIN Gold: Netherlands Silver: Australia Bronze: Australia Silver: Germany Bronze: Britain WOMEN’S OMNIUM Gold: United States Silver: Poland Bronze: New Zealand HANDBALL MEN’S Gold: Denmark Silver: Germany Bronze: Spain …

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1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 10,000m

The Hindu

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. PB - 29:06.82s in FBK Stadium, Hengelo June 6, 2021 SB - 29:37.80s in FBK Stadium, Hengelo June 3, 2023 Gudaf Tsegay FILE PHOTO: Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia. PB - 29:29.73s - Estadio Enrique Lopez Cuenca, Nerja June 23, 2023 SB - 29:29.73s - Estadio …

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1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

The Hindu

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Faith Kipyegon A week after she set the 1500m world record in Florence, Faith Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for the 5000m, with a timing …

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1 year, 7 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 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Sifan Hassan - the Iron Lady of athletics

The Hindu

Sifan Hassan’s strength of character has never been in doubt when facing trials and tribulations on and off the track, and on Sunday, she displayed that once again in winning the London Marathon. Her steeliness is reflected in her favourite saying taken from the Koran, as she told the Dutch newspaper NRC in 2021: “For indeed, with hardship will be …

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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

Sifan Hassan facing tough competition in BBC World Sports Personality of the Year award

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

Sifan Hassan makes history as first Dutch person to be named best athlete in the world

Sifan Hassan beats Femke Bol in Dutch athlete of the year election

Femke Bol and Sifan Hassan nominated for European athlete of the year award

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

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

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

Hollywood ending for Sifan Hassan — and Paris Olympics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 10,000m

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

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

Sifan Hassan - the Iron Lady of athletics