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Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan was suffering from exhaustion and doubted her ability to clinch gold in Paris.
Paris Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has revealed why choosing to participate in three races at the Paris Olympic Games left her hating herself for making that decision.
The Tokyo Olympic 10000m champion said a lack of rest and exhaustion after racing in both 5000m and 10000m, left her weak heading into the marathon.
Despite winning the marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:22:55, her victory came just 37 hours after she had won 10,000m bronze, and six days after her 5000m bronze. This meant that the Dutchwoman had barely no time to recover yet she wanted to redeem herself and earn gold for her beloved Netherlands but the hope seems to have faded.
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15:53 - 17.12.2024
'Almost like a puzzle' - Allyson Felix reveals about the toughest challenge she faced during her trophy-filled track career
Allyson, the multiple Olympic champion always struggled to get his out-of-shape body back on track after the offseason.
“After the 10,000m I had an ice bath and there was doping control, so I got back late to the village. I stayed awake until 6am and had maybe one or two hours’ sleep," Hassan, who won the 5000m gold in the Tokyo Olympics, exclusively revealed to World Athletics.
While she could be forgiven for thinking about the medal ceremony the following day, running the marathon bothered the 31-year-old. "Then the next day there was the medal ceremony. The night before the marathon I remember cursing myself, hating myself, saying: ‘Why have you done the track, you’ve got the marathon tomorrow!," she added.
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12:45 - 17.12.2024
Why eating at ‘very random times’ alongside fiancée Junelle Bromfield helped Noah Lyles solidify his status at Paris Olympics
Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles explains how fiancée Junelle Bromfield played a crucial role in his Paris glory.
The Dutch star earned the final athletics gold of the Paris Olympics in grueling 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.
Her extraordinary performance at the Games was honoured at the World Athletics Awards 2024. The 2019 10000m world champion won the women’s out of stadium category before being named as women’s World Athlete of the Year. .
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