London Marathon: Sifan Hassan overcomes injury to claim rollercoaster victory in debut marathon
"Somebody needs to give her some advice to step off and stop trying to run on."She continued, reeled in the Olympic marathon champion and last year's winner in London before sprinting for glory on The Mall."It's not just winning it, it's the way she was out of contention and yet she fought back to beat the Olympic champion, the defending champion.Before the race the 30-year-old was not talking like someone confident of winning a marathon.
"Sometimes I wake up and it is like 'why the hell did I decide to run a marathon?' But also, at the same time, I am very curious [about how I will perform]," she said in the pre-race news conference. She almost missed collecting a drink from the drinks station, something track runners do not even have to think about.
Given Hassan had now run four times as far as her normal distance, you would think she would be tired. Not a chance...
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