Double Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan missed out on the 5,000m world document on the Prefontaine Basic – her first meet since Tokyo 2020.
The 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic champion was aiming to beat the document set by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey in 2020.
Hassan, of the Netherlands, received simply in 14 minutes 27.89 seconds however didn’t beat Gidey’s document of 14:06.62.
“The final two laps, I knew I wasn’t going to interrupt the document,” mentioned Hassan, who received three medals in Tokyo.
Cheered on by a crowd of greater than 5,000 in Eugene, Oregon, Senbere Teferi completed second with a time of 14:42.25 and her Ethiopian compatriot Fantu Worku got here in third with 14:42.85.
Regardless of lacking out on the world document, Ethiopia-born Hassan, 28, nonetheless recorded a season greatest after an intense summer season of competitors that included six races on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
“I simply need to end sturdy and run onerous,” she continued.
“I had a very robust two weeks on the Olympics. All of the emotion with the media and the stress. I am in form however I am simply drained, I am not contemporary.”
In addition to profitable the 5,000m and 10,000m titles at Tokyo 2020, Hassan additionally earned a bronze medal within the 1500m occasion. It meant she grew to become the primary individual to win Olympic medals over 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m.
Hassan, who at present holds the world document within the mile, additionally received gold medals within the 1500m and 10,000m on the 2019 World Championships and in June broke the ten,000m document with a time of 29:06.82 – just for Ethiopia’s Gidey to enhance on that point by 5 seconds simply two days later.
