PARIS: In-form Dutch runner Sifan Hassan will miss Saturday’s World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, after announcing that she had ended her season early.Sifan, who is...PARIS: In-form Dutch runner Sifan Hassan will miss Saturday’s World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, after announcing that she had ended her season early. Sifan, who is the world record holder for both the 5km road race and the mile, both set in 2019, set another world record in this coronavirus-affected season, setting a new best for the one hour run in Brussels in September. Therefore I decided to give myself some rest and focus for next year. Therefore I look forward to next year with a lot of confidence”. Sifan, one of the world’s most gifted athletes over a wide-range of events, holds the European record for the half-marathon, having timed 1hr 05min 15sec in Copenhagen in 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News October 14, 2020 01:07 UTC