“That record is really very hard to break, I do not think I ever going to run,” said Hassan. “I’m more of a long distance.”
Van Langen, as event manager closely involved in the organization of the FBK Games, won the 1992 Olympic gold in the 800 meters in a top time of 1.55,54.
“If you’re running 1:55, you belong at the top of the world,” said Hassan. “Nobody is that currently, the top run 1:57. I’ve even run the 800 meters twice in my life.”
In mid-June will born Ethiopian, which focuses on the 1500 and 5000 meters, with matches in Rabat for the third time in the 800 meter walk. “I go there trying to run under 2 minutes. Not 1.55.”
Van Langen not that Hassan ever too close will make an attack on her 23-year-old record in the 800. “I said . after the race at all Sifan maybe they now can go for that record She loves himself perhaps a step too far, but I think it can be done as “
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The former top athlete was not sorry that the European Champion in the 1500 meters (indoor and outdoor) Sunday a time of 2.34,68 its Dutch record in the 1000 meters (2.35,21) took away.
“So it should be right? Records should be developed. It is occasionally fun as a record more than twenty years, but then it will be time to break it, even when it comes to my own record. “
” Although I have I admit that the 1000 meter different than like the 800 meters, the 800 I should perhaps to swallow. But I think it’s really clever what Sifan did, the 1000 meters is really a tricky away “
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Sick
Hassan also saw not a perfect preparation, because they suffered in recent months with many disease.
“After the EC indoor (early March, ed.) I was really sick for four weeks. I have gone no speed workouts. I thought before the race at a time of 2:36 or 2:37, but I wanted so badly. In the last 200 meters, I knew I was going to save it. “
” I definitely felt the pressure to prove myself as a European champion, wanted to show what I can. People come here all watching us, I would also like to be crowd puller. If we do our best, even at the European Championships next year in Amsterdam, athletics will be popular in the Netherlands. “
Together with Dafne Schippers, which 10 minutes for 1000 meters Hassan was a Dutch record in the 100 meters, Hassan did in Hengelo anyway customer loyalty, to the great satisfaction of Van Langen.
“I said before the 100m yet : It’s all good, but there must be another highlight. And when we got there two “
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