Η Sifan είναι έτοιμη να πάει ''Where almost no woman has gone before''
Δημοσιεύτηκε: 26 Ιούλ 2021, 23:00
Sifan Hassan’s Triple
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/07/20 ... af-tsegay/
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan was the biggest story of the 2019 World Championships in Doha, completing an unprecedented 1500/10k double and doing so in mind-blowing fashion: she ran a championship record 3:51.95 in the 1500 and closed her 30:17.62 victory in the 10k with a 3:59 final 1500.
It was one of the most remarkable feats in track & field history.
Hassan’s encore in Tokyo could be even better.
Hassan has entered the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 meters at the Olympics.
Running all three would require six races in nine days , culminating with back-to-back finals on the last two days of competition: the 1500 final on August 6 and the 10,000 final 22 hours later on August 7. It’s tough, but not impossible. This would be Hassan’s schedule (all times local):
July 30: 5000 prelims, 7 p.m.
August 2: 1500 prelims, 9:35 a.m.; 5000 final, 9:40 p.m.
August 4: 1500 semis, 7 p.m.
August 6: 1500 final, 9:50 p.m.
August 7: 10,000 final, 7:45
There is this quote from Hassan :
“Life is not about medals, it is not about gold, it is also about history.”
Hell yeah!
How can you not love that attitude?
When the very best athletes try to find their limits…that’s when the magic happens. This challenge will test Hassan like no other, but if she can somehow snag three golds, it would go down as perhaps the greatest feat in women’s Olympic track & field history. Consider: only seven women have won three individual Olympic golds in their career. Hassan is trying to do that in the span of nine days.
Should she succeed, Hassan would join countrywoman Fanny Blankers-Koen (who won the 100, 200, and 80m hurdles at the 1948 Olympics in London) as the only woman to win three individual golds at the same Games.
It’s been done a few times on the men’s side, notably by Paavo Nurmi in 1924 (1500, 5k, cross country), Jesse Owens in 1936 (100, 200, lj), Emil Zatopek in 1952 (5k, 10k, marathon) and Carl Lewis in 1984 (100, 200, lj).
That is the company Hassan will be in if she completes the triple. Track & field immortality beckons.
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/07/20 ... af-tsegay/
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan was the biggest story of the 2019 World Championships in Doha, completing an unprecedented 1500/10k double and doing so in mind-blowing fashion: she ran a championship record 3:51.95 in the 1500 and closed her 30:17.62 victory in the 10k with a 3:59 final 1500.
It was one of the most remarkable feats in track & field history.
Hassan’s encore in Tokyo could be even better.
Hassan has entered the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 meters at the Olympics.
Running all three would require six races in nine days
, culminating with back-to-back finals on the last two days of competition: the 1500 final on August 6 and the 10,000 final 22 hours later on August 7. It’s tough, but not impossible. This would be Hassan’s schedule (all times local):July 30: 5000 prelims, 7 p.m.
August 2: 1500 prelims, 9:35 a.m.; 5000 final, 9:40 p.m.
August 4: 1500 semis, 7 p.m.
August 6: 1500 final, 9:50 p.m.
August 7: 10,000 final, 7:45
There is this quote from Hassan :
“Life is not about medals, it is not about gold, it is also about history.”
Hell yeah!
How can you not love that attitude?
When the very best athletes try to find their limits…that’s when the magic happens. This challenge will test Hassan like no other, but if she can somehow snag three golds, it would go down as perhaps the greatest feat in women’s Olympic track & field history. Consider: only seven women have won three individual Olympic golds in their career. Hassan is trying to do that in the span of nine days.
Should she succeed, Hassan would join countrywoman Fanny Blankers-Koen (who won the 100, 200, and 80m hurdles at the 1948 Olympics in London) as the only woman to win three individual golds at the same Games.
It’s been done a few times on the men’s side, notably by Paavo Nurmi in 1924 (1500, 5k, cross country), Jesse Owens in 1936 (100, 200, lj), Emil Zatopek in 1952 (5k, 10k, marathon) and Carl Lewis in 1984 (100, 200, lj).
That is the company Hassan will be in if she completes the triple. Track & field immortality beckons.
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