Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan isn't going to attempt only to defend her 5,000- and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics. She’ll also push herself in the ultimate test of endurance by adding the marathon to her program at the Paris Games. She says that “I can’t tell you I’m going to get the gold medal in every event.
FILE - Sifan Hassan , of the Netherlands, celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s 5,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. FILE - Sifan Hassan , of the Netherlands, wins the women’s 10,000-meter run final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. FILE - Sifan Hassan , of the Netherlands, celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s 5,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo.
“I’m curious what is going to happen,” Hassan said. “My biggest goal is to finish the event. And how I’m going to recover.”But now she can match Emil Zatopek’s exploit from 1952, when the Czech runner swept the 5,000, 10,000 and the marathon at the Helsinki Games. When Hassan started winning multiple events earlier in her career, she learned about Zatopek and watched a film about him.
“I started studying and was really inspired, became a big fan of him,” she said. “I watched two times this movie. … I really never thought I would become like him. … He’s an .”
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