Sifan Hassan will race the 1500-5000-10000 triple and aims for three gold medals!
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Hassan opts for three distances at the World Athletics Championships: 'I'm going for three golds'
Sifan Hassan competes in three distances at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The two-time Olympic champion runs the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters in the Hungarian capital. The 30-year-old athlete announced this on Thursday.
Two years ago at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, she ran the same distances and won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and bronze in the 1,500 meters.
Hassan will start the World Cup on Saturday morning with the series of the 1,500 meters. In the evenings, the battle for gold on the 10,000 meters is on the program.
Later in the week, the 1,500 meters (semi-finals and final) will follow again, as well as the series and the final of the 5,000 meters.
"I now have much less stress than at the Tokyo Olympics. It was new there. It is much easier for me now. I now know how hard it is. I know how to do it," Hassan said two days before the start of the tournament.
Previous world titles in Doha
Hassan won world titles in the 1,500 and 10,000 meters in Doha four years ago. In Tokyo, she then stunned the athletics world with her challenging three-distance program and success.
After the disappointing World Cup in Eugene last year (fourth in the 10,000 meters and sixth in the 5,000 meters), Hassan shifted her attention to the marathon. She made her debut at that distance this year with great success.
Hassan won the appealing London Marathon. She will also run the Chicago Marathon later this year. "I did a lot more scope this year. My focus is also mainly on Chicago. My trainer Tim Rowberry wanted me to run three distances in Budapest. I decided to do those three distances on Wednesday."
Her goal is to go for three titles. "I'm going to do my best. That's all I can do. If I finish fifth three times and I've given everything, then that's it. I like challenges, I like athletics. After the London Marathon, I'm at the FBK Games in Hengelo. After that, the training sessions did not go so well. That has only changed in recent weeks. I have had help from two Somali athletes. That was important."
Olympic Games Paris
Hassan did not want to say anything about her plans for the Olympic Games in Paris next year. "I won't decide on that until next year. I'm not going to decide that a year before the Games."