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Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

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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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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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, 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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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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3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics | Incredible Sifan Hassan achieves the long-distance double

The Hindu

A pulsating final night of action in the athletics competition saw Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan complete an incredible double with victory in the 10,000m while U.S.A star Allyson Felix brought the curtain down on her 17-year Olympic career with a record-extending relay gold. Norway celebrated gold in the men’s 1,500m with Jakob Ingebrigtsen downing Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot in a …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shaunae Miller-Uibo clinches 400m title; Italy continue to boss tracks with men's 4x100 metres relay gold

Firstpost

Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins women’s 400m final, Italy clinch men’s 4x400m relay, Joshua Cheptegei shines bright in 5000m in our athletics round up from Tokyo. “The best thing is I have another gold medal right now.” Italy win first ever men’s 4x100 metres relay title Italy produced a stunning performance to win the men’s 4x100 metres relay Olympic title for the …

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3 years, 5 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 …

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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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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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Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan voted Athlete of the Year

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

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

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

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

Tokyo Olympics | Incredible Sifan Hassan achieves the long-distance double

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shaunae Miller-Uibo clinches 400m title; Italy continue to boss tracks with men's 4x100 metres relay gold

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

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

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