Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands completed her Olympic triple the best way possible, sprinting to gold Tokyo2020
Emily Sisson was the first American, finishing 10th in 31:09.58. The other Americans in the field, Karissa Schweizer and Alicia Monson , placed 12th and 13th, respectively.
“I’m a bit disappointed, given how the Trials went, but timing’s everything in this sport, and I feel like it was a bit off with timing it for the Olympics,” Sisson said. “So I’m still really proud of the effort I gave, and it was an incredible group of women that made the team, and we faced incredible competition.”
Gidey tried her best to break Hasan in sweltering conditions of 81 degrees with 89% humidity. She took the lead in the seventh lap and gradually increased the pace over the next several kilometers. During the eighth kilometer, 5,000-meter silver medalist Hellen Obiri of Kenya lost contact, and the three eventual medalists were all that remained of an original lead pack of 15.
That Hassan would be able to hang on and use her miler’s kick at the end became obvious when Gidey ran the ninth kilometer in 3:05, the slowest of the race since the first mile. Gidey pushed one last time as the trio entered the last lap, but Hassan and Gezahegne, a former world indoor 1500-meter champion, easily covered her move. Hassan moved wide coming off the final turn, took the lead, and dispatched Gezahegne in the final 80 meters.
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