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“Why don’t I just do a crazy thing? I like crazy things.” He’s like, ‘Yes you can.’”īefore Monaco, Hassan was the favorite for all three events in Tokyo, but after that loss she became an underdog at 1500. (But) my coach is also a little bit crazy. “I was thinking for months for myself then I called (Tim) and said, ‘I want to do three,’” Hassan said. One of the first people she consulted was Tim Rowberry, who took the coaching reins in her career following the four-year ban handed down in 2019 to Hassan’s former coach, Alberto Salazar, for breaching anti-doping rules. I don’t care what happens, I’m going to do it.’” “I was really scared to make the triple, but when I didn’t get what I wanted in Monaco, I told my manager, ‘I’m going to do three. “Losing makes me crazy I can climb (a) mountain when I lose,” she said. → Join Runner’s World+ to stay up to date on the Tokyo Olympics! She entered all three distances, but most expected her to line up in two, with the 1500-10,000-meters or 5,000-10,000-meters doubles most likely due to scheduling.įor much of the year, Hassan thought she’d do two, but a loss over 1500 meters to Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon at the Monaco Diamond League in July changed her thinking, her anger fueling a fresh desire. Throughout the year she wouldn’t reveal any plans, hoping to keep her options open until the last moment. “But then I thought, ‘nobody does that.’” Where did she get the idea? Hassan said it started last year with a joke from a friend who asked her why she wouldn’t just run all three distances at the Olympics. She used it to describe her plan to take on three finals in six days against the world’s best. “The 10,000 is crazy with the heat.”Ĭrazy: It’s a word Hassan used many times over the past week. (The other was also Dutch: Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won gold in the 100, 200, 80-meter hurdles, and 4x100-meter relay at London’s 1948 Games).Īfter the 10,000, Hassan sat on the ground and pleaded for water from the volunteers, then crawled to an area beside the track where she placed ice packs under the soles of her feet for about seven minutes before she found the energy to stand. With gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and bronze at 1500, Hassan became just the second women in history to win three individual track medals at the same Olympics. It was Saturday night in Tokyo, and the 28-year-old Dutch athlete had just won her third medal of the Olympics, kicking to gold in the women’s 10,000 meters in 29:55.32. After she crossed the line in her sixth and final race, following 24,500 meters of track running across nine days, Sifan Hassan collapsed to the ground.