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Sifan Hassan Dials Down Expectations After Tokyo Medal Triple
2 years, 5 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 …

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Sifan Hassan voted European athlete of the year; Femke Bol named Rising Star
3 years, 2 months ago

Sifan Hassan voted European athlete of the year; Femke Bol named Rising Star

NL Times  

European Athletics selected Dutch Olympic gold medalist Sifan Hassan to Women's European Athlete of the year at the Golden Tracks award ceremony in Lausanne on Saturday evening. At the European Athletics event, 21-year-old Femke Bol was voted Rising Star of the year for her performance in the 400-meter hurdles during the Olympics. Bol broke the European female record for the …

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan begins treble quest on Day 4 of athletics, Kendra Harrison hunts for elusive gold
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan begins treble quest on Day 4 of athletics, Kendra Harrison hunts for elusive gold

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In women’s 200m, fresh from retaining her 100m crown, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah will look to safely negotiate the semis in her bid to make it a double-double and repeat her feat of the 2016 Rio Olympics Tokyo: The fourth day of athletics at the Tokyo Olympics takes place on Monday. That keeps me motivated and it keeps me enjoying this …

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Record-setters Sifan Hassan, Joshua Cheptegei Dismiss Criticism of New 'Technological' Running Shoes
3 years, 7 months ago

Record-setters Sifan Hassan, Joshua Cheptegei Dismiss Criticism of New 'Technological' Running Shoes

News 18  

Sifan Hassan and Joshua Cheptegei have established themselves as elite athletes capable of setting world records, but both were quick Wednesday to dismiss criticism of new running shoes that some say are the equivalent of mechanical doping. “I don’t know why they get crazy about technology,” Hassan said ahead of Thursday’s Diamond League meet in the Italian city of Florence …

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World Athletics Championships 2019: Sifan Hassan leads round of golden doubles, calls herself 'clean athlete'
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Sifan Hassan leads round of golden doubles, calls herself 'clean athlete'

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Sifan Hassan made light of the doping ban handed to her coach Alberto Salazar to complete a historic 1,500/10,000 metres double at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday. Doha: Sifan Hassan made light of the doping ban handed to her coach Alberto Salazar to complete a historic 1,500/10,000 metres double at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday as a host …

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