World Cup bronze for Sifan Hassan. The athlete from Arnhem with Ethiopian roots laid in Beijing at the 1500 meter took third place. The towering favorite Genzebe Dibaba, who last month in Monaco improved the world record and put it on 3.50,07, took gold. This time, the Ethiopian ran a time of 4.08,09
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Hassan did everything to win the race, but had At the last stretch to the finish line did not have the strength for it. In the final meters, she was overtaken by the Kenyan Faith Kipyegon who took the silver.
It is the second medal for the Netherlands at the athletics World Championships. Monday rushed Dafne Schippers to silver in the 100 meters.
The 22-year-old Hassan, who as a girl fled from Ethiopia, and since 2013 a Dutch passport possession, won last year’s gold in the 1500 meters at the European Championships Zurich
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