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For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. PARIS — Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands just made Olympic history. With a hard, late kick, Hassan won the women’s marathon ...
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 (62 ...
Sifan Hassan produced one of the most remarkable athletics performances in Olympic history by becoming the first woman - and first person since Emil Zatopek in 1952 - to win medals in the 5,000m ...
Sifan Hassan, arguably the greatest distance runner in the world, was scraping the fence and barely behind. Tigst Assefa, the sport’s world record holder, was desperately clinging to the lead.
SAINT-DENIS, France – It was a fashion statement that was true Sifan Hassan, fearless, defiant. At end of a day in which she confirmed her status of the greatest female distance runner ever by ...
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan has long been revered for her versatility in mid- and long-distance running, but now she is set to go the extra mile — or rather, 26.2 miles — at the Paris Olympic Games.
PARIS — With about 300 feet to go, Dutch runner Sifan Hassan was close to winning the women’s Olympic marathon Sunday morning, but she didn’t know why. The course, with its two steep hills ...
UPDATE (July 31, 8:00 a.m. ET) -- Sifan Hassan has announced that, after further consideration, she will not compete in the 1500m in Paris, which means her schedule will include the 5000m, 10,000m and ...
Sifan Hassan remembers it well, three years ago in Tokyo as she attended the Olympics closing ceremony after pulling off a famous treble of medals in the 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m. The Dutch ...