Sifan Hassan: The Women Athlete who held the 10,000 meters World Record for two days

The Dutch long-distance women runner Sifan Hassan broke the 10,000 meters World Record on 6 July 2021, and that too in just 29 minutes and 6.82 seconds in the Continental Tour meeting. This record was held by her just for 2 days as Letesenbet Gidey broke this record on 8th June 2021. In the past, Almaz Ayana held the previous record of 29 minutes and 17.45 seconds, which she set at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Let us discuss and know more about this athlete.

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Sifan Hassan is a medium-and long-distance runner, of Dutch descent. He won two gold medals at the 2019 World Championships, running in the 1500 meters and 10,000 meters to become the only athlete (male or female) in history to win two different kinds of races in a single World Championships or Olympic Games. 

Hassan has been the World Indoor 1500 meters champion in 2016. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she won a bronze medal in the 1500 meters, and bronze in the 5000 meters at the World Championships in 2017. Hassan is the world road race record holder for the 5 km (women), as well as the mile race record holder, both achieved in the year 2019. She is also the record holder for the one-hour race set in the year 2020. In June of 2021 at the latest, she held the women's 10,000 m world record, but only for two days as the record was later broken by Letesenbet Gidey on 8th June 2021.

Personal Information

Nationality- Dutch

Date of Birth- 1 January 1993

Place Born- Adama, Ethiopia

Age- 28 Years

Country- Netherlands

Sport- Athletics

Events- 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres

Height- 1.70 metres [5 ft 7 in]

Weight- 49 kg

Career

Hassan was born in Adama in Ethiopia. At the age of fifteen, she left the country as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in the year 2008. She started running while she was taking education to become a nurse.

She took part in Eindhoven Half-Marathon in the year 2011 and won the race in 77 minutes and 10 seconds. She also finished runner-up in two of the X-country races.

Hassan made her forward leap in the 2013 season. She ran 800 meters best of 2:00.86 minutes to succeed at the KBC Night of Athletics and took prevails upon 1500 m at the Nijmegen Global Athletics and Golden Spike Ostrava meets. On the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit, she was sprinter up in the 1500 m at Athletissima with an individual best of 4:03.73 minutes and was third at the DN Galan 3000 m with a best of 8:32.53 minutes – this time positioned her the fourth quickest on the planet that year. 

Hassan turned into a Dutch resident in November 2013 and the next month she showed up for the Netherlands. At the 2013 European Cross Country Championships, she won the gold award in the under-23 class and aided the Dutch group to third in the rankings. She likewise won the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup Brussels races that colder time of year. Toward the start of 2014, she ran a world-driving season of 8:45.32 minutes for the 3000 m at the Weltklasse in Karlsruhe and then, broke the Dutch record in the 1500 m indoor with a run of 4:05.34 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. 

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Hassan won the bronze award in the 1500 meters. She turned into the second female Dutch competitor at any point to win an award at the World Championships, after Dafne Schippers. She was the third female Dutch victor at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, continuing in the strides of individual African travelers Hilda Kibet and Lornah Kiplagat. 

Hassan won her warmth in the 1500 m in the 2016 Summer Olympics in 4:06.64 before Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon. In the elimination rounds, she put second in 4:03.62 after Genzebe Dibaba who won in 4:03.06. In the last Chepngetich Kipyegon took the Olympic gold award with 4:08.92, Dibaba was the sprinter up with 4:10.27 and Jennifer Simpson took the bronze decoration in 4:10.53. Hassan set fifth in a period of 4:11.23. 

She completed fifth in the 1500 meters at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and won the bronze decoration in the 5000 meters occasion. On 13 July 2018, she broke the European record for 5000 meters by completing second at the Rabat Diamond League in 14:22.34. 

She won the principal Millicent Fawcett Mile at the 2018 London Anniversary Games in a period of 4:14.71, which was at the time the No. 4 signs ever. 

She won the gold decoration at the 2018 European Championships with the time 14:46:12, establishing the new title's record. 

On 16 September 2018, she broke the European record for the half long-distance race with a period of 65:15, winning the Copenhagen Half Marathon. 

On 17 Feb 2019 Hassan set the worldwide best for a 5 km street race (ladies' just race) in Monaco. Her triumphant time was 14:44. On the men's side, Julien Wanders (Switzerland) set the male 5 km street race record, in a similar race, with a period of 13:29. The 5 km street race has been a world record occasion since 1 November 2017. 

Hassan was the 2019 Diamond League victor at both 1500 m and 5000 m. She is the preparation accomplice of Yomif Kejelcha. 

Hassan set the worldwide best for the ladies' 10,000 meters on 6 June 2021 with a period of 29:06.82 at Hengelo however lost the record two days after the fact when Letesenbet Gidey accomplished a period of 29:01.03 at a similar arena. She holds the European record for this distance which she has held since 10 October 2020.

World Record [Mile]

On July 12th, 2019, Hassan went for the mile run at the Herculis meet held in Fontvieille, Monaco. Olha Lyakhova was the pacesetter, taking the field through the initial two laps (estimated toward the beginning line, not the quarter-mile parts) in 64.26 and 63.94 (2:08.20).

As is common for Hassan, she was last off the beginning line, however throughout the following 150 meters, gradually facilitated herself around the field outwardly into the stamping position behind Lyakhova. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford before long traveled through the field in the middle of Hassan and Lyakhova for the following lap before Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay isolated from the field as the lone chasers. Somewhere in the range of 800 meters and 1000 meters, Lyakhova stressed to keep on pace, however, Hassan and Tsegay were pushing ahead. 

After Lyakhova ventured out, the two got themselves 15 meters in front of the pack. At 1200m, Hassan was glancing back at her nearby chaser Tsegay in 3:10.13 (a 61.93 lap).

Hassan sped up, opening a 5-meter hole over the course of the following 100 meters. Proceeding going on like this, she passed 1500 meters in about 3:55. Hassan covered the last 409.344 meters in 62.20, her last season of 4:12:33 breaking Svetlana Masterkova's just about 23-year-old world record. The competitors following Hassan modified the unequaled top 25 rundown, with Laura Weightman moving into position #15, DeBues-Stafford into #17, and after #5 untouched Tsegay blurred into the pack she was trailed by Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo, and Ciara Mageean moving into positions #20-23.

IAAF World Championship Doha

On 28 September, she turned into the 2019 World Champion in the 10,000 meters in her second race for that distance. Her first race at the 10,000-meter distance was in Stanford in a period of 31:18.12, doing barely enough to accomplish the passing norm for the 2019 World Championships. The triumphant season of 30:17.62 was the best season on the track. Alina Reh (Germany) drove the field after 3000 meters in 9:29.69. The leader arrived at the midpoint at 15:32.70. Letensebet Gidey (Ethiopia) completed in 30:21.23, with Agnes Tirop (Kenya) coming in the third spot in 30:25.50. The second 50% of the run was canvassed in 14:45. 

She likewise won the 1500 meters race with a period of 3:51.95 (6th spot on the 1500 m unequaled rundown), setting another championship and European record. The second-put finisher was Faith Kipyegon in 3:54.22, another Kenyan public record, and the third spot went to Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) with 3:54.38.

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