sifan hassan tokyo olympics Surprise the Olympic stage

Sifan Hassan, the long-distance runner from the Netherlands, finished first in the women’s 1500m heats despite falling on the last lap. The gold medalist, who finished first in the 5000m finals, opened a new face of fighting spirit at the Olympics. (sifan hassan tokyo olympics)

World champion Sifan Hassan was knocked to the ground by Kenyan Edina Jebitok early in the final lap. Safan finished first in the heats, finishing first from the finish line, leapfrogging his opponents one by one. Safan’s time is 4 minutes 05.17 seconds.

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The 5000m finals were hours later. Sifan won the gold medal in 14 minutes 36.79 seconds, beating two-time world champion Helen Obiri of Kenya. Helen won the silver medal in 14 minutes 38.36 seconds. Sifan’s goal is to win gold in the 1500 and 10,000 meters and win the rare treble.

Earlier, India’s Kamalpreet Kaur finished in the women’s discus throw. The gold medal was won by Valerie Olman of the United States. In the first attempt, the American threw a discus distance of 68.98 meters and secured the gold in the same air. He ran a discus distance of 68.98 meters in the first air and shot a distance of 66.78 meters in the fifth attempt to set the best first and third distance. Kristin Pudens of Germany won the silver medal with a time of 66.86 meters and Yeme Perez of Cuba won the bronze with a distance of 65.72 meters.

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