Sifan Hassan 4:04 5th place in Hengelo + DNS in 10,000 - Hassan finished as a track medal threat?

Could just be something as simple as she’s overdoing it. Too many marathon miles in her legs whilst also training for 10ks and 1500m. Like others have said - the range is too broad. She’s tried to do too much. She clearly pushes herself to her max

Hopefully she’ll have fresh legs for the Olympics but she’d be wise not to do all the events she has planned.

You might need to close in 4:04 to medal in the 10k if it's tactical enough. I don't think there was ever a plan to run the 1500m. The marathon is the title she hasn't won yet and a world marathon title won't do it. Another London title won't do it. No gaurentee she's as good as she is in '28, there may be 3 2:10 women by then. She should go all in on the marathon.

Without speed she'll get rocked by Kipyegon, Chebet and Tsegay in the 5000 closing laps. She could possibly snag third behind Chebet and Tsegay in the 10k. Doing only that or the marathon is her best bet for a medal, imo

After the race, Hassan said she made a mistake in the warming up. Said she always needs a lot of warmup but started too early, then cooled down too much during the long wait in the callroom. Knew it wasn't going to be fast right from the start.

Was also asked about her plans for Paris but said she doesn't know yet.

This was a major test for her and she... couldn't warm up correctly? Seems either unprofessional, like poor coaching, or like an excuse

I don't think anyone considers Hassan a real threat at 1500 anymore. Too many others who are faster now.

At 5000m, she is a threat to all but Kipyegon. No one threatens her.

Yeah but during a pre meet interview Hassan hinted very strongly that she is running the marathon. That's the way the writer interpreted it and so did I.

Hassan said she has studied the course and has been working on running downhill. When a reporter asked if the elevation changes benefitted her late kick style, Hassan mostly deflected the question but said both uphill and downhill present problems.

It certainly sounded like the marathon has been a major part of her thought process. She concluded by saying the Paris marathon would be madness.

After Hassan withdrew from the 10,000 due to high winds she said she had been training two months for the 10,000 and wanted to run fast in the Netherlands, but it simply wasn't possible in those conditions.

Today she dismissed Kipyegon's 3:49 by saying she can do that too. In fact, during the Saturday interview after withdrawing from the 10,000, Hassan said I'll see you tomorrow after resetting the 1500 world record.

Despite the poor race I think she is being underestimated. Is anybody really going to be shocked if Sifan Hassan goes with the pace in any of those events? She is 31 not 35. Bolt, Phelps and others fully understood the vast gap between those two numbers as ultra elite athlete.

No kick at all, a sad sight to see for the legend. I wonder if she’ll race anything else prior to Paris to help decide what to do.

This has happened to her before. After her Olympic triple she needed a whole season to recover and finished out of the medals the next WC year. Last year she tripled again, plus ran marathons. No one can do that without wearing down, especially at age 31.

Agree with others that she just needs to focus on the roads. The 1500 has definitely passed her by at this point. She can still be a force in the marathon and half.

Here are the articles with the quotes from Hassan.

Pre FBK:

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Hassan weet nog steeds niet welke afstanden ze loopt in Parijs: 'Wat vinden jullie?'

Iedereen wil weten welke afstanden Sifan Hassan gaat lopen bij de Olympische Spelen in Parijs. De atlete looft een prijs uit voor wie het goed heeft.

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After FBK:

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Tegenvallende Hassan niet onder indruk van wereldrecord Kipyegon: '3.49? Dat kan ik ook'

Sifan Hassan stelt teleur op de 1.500 meter van de FBK Games. Door een fout in de voorbereiding wordt ze vijfde tijdens haar laatste wedstrijd voor de Olympische Spelen.

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She's done and dusted. At this rate, if I were her I'd only focus on the marathon but from the look of things, she may not even medal in Paris

Think she got too much caught up in that Zatopec multiple Olympic idea, as a new FEMALE variation. Think she’s not going to medal for any of the multiple events though, but you never know with Sifan.

Running 3 or 4 events at the olympics whatever the results, will still be a historic sensation! Guess that is her real goal at the Paris olympics, and not the medals.

And Sifan is having a very nasty cough, for more than a month now. Sounds troublesome. Wish she d be more careful with all the last minute traveling and flying. Big differences between Europe and Utah. A bit more Kersee care and awareness would do her good. She's not male.

31 + marathon legs = not great track results

Has anyone who ran really fast on the track ever gone to the marathon and then returned to the track to set any meaningful PRs? You can probably do both well for one year, but after a large chunk of time spent running marathons/marathon training the speed leaves you.

I’m just bothered by this Superman analogy. Kryptonite doesn’t help Superman, it’s his fatal weakness. This would be like saying “she faded like Achilles without his magic heel” or something.

I'd still like to see her mix it up in the 10000 then do the marathon--however looks like the schedule is not very friendly with only 2 days in between (Shorter did it in '72 and Lasse Viren in '76 but more time in between those 2 events, though they had to do 10000m heats also....); Agree with the others to stick to the roads afterwards, but still has a lot of years as a long-distance runner as opposed to the 1500m...

I’m laughing at the people shocked that a MARATHON RUNNER has lost some of her 1500 speed.

You mean Jessica Hull's right? Since she's who is being celebrated and justifiably so, since she so crushed her prior PB?

That's still pretty young in the women's marathon, especially now. Look at the number of W 35+ and 40+ racing well.

Something else is going on, especially considering her natural talent and footspeed. Injury? Illness? No more Tuesdays? Who knows?