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Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan made the toughest decision of his career by running 5000m, 10000m and the marathon at the Paris Olympic Games.
Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has revealed that her curiosity pushed her to take part in three races at the Paris Olympic Games.
Hassan's extraordinary performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she claimed 5000m and 10,000m bronze before winning the marathon in an Olympic record, saw the 31-year-old named the women's World Athlete of the Year.
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11:00 - 03.12.2024
'It’s not only me' - Speechless Sifan Hassan reveals crazy 2024 after being crowned Women’s World Athlete of the Year
The Dutchwoman added another title to her trophy cabinet as her stellar career takes shape.
The Dutch star earned the final athletics gold of the Paris Olympics in gruelling conditions on a course reckoned to be one of the most challenging ever seen at the Games.
Her marathon victory was confirmed in dramatic fashion as she clashed with Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa on the run-in before moving away over the final 100 metres to finish three seconds clear – the narrowest margin in any women’s Olympic marathon.
Hassan, who won gold in 5000m and 10000m in the Tokyo version of the Games, added that she had to embrace imperfections, and her decision was born out of passion in order to try and achieve something extraordinary.
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20:24 - 17.12.2024
'I cursed myself' - Dutch star Sifan Hassan reveals biggest regret the night before her Paris Olympic marathon glory
Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan was suffering from exhaustion and doubted her ability to clinch gold in Paris.
"My curiosity pushed me to take a risk and compete in three distances at the Paris Olympics. It was terrifying, and that made each finish line more meaningful. It wasn’t perfect, but sometimes happiness comes from embracing imperfections," she told World Athletics.
At the Paris Olympics Hassan became the first woman to win medals in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon at the same Games, and the first athlete since Emil Zatopek, who won all three men’s titles in Helsinki in 1952. She is only the second of three women to complete an Olympic distance double.
Hassan is a two-time world champion and boasts of three titles at the Diamond League.
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