Hellen Obiri took the silver and Gudaf Tsegay took the bronze; Karissa Schweizer was the top American in 11th place.
With a blistering last lap in 57.36 seconds, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands won the women’s 5,000 meters in 14:36.79, taking gold in the first of the three events she is running at the 2021 Olympic Games.
Hassan, 28, is bidding for an unprecedented triple in Tokyo—she is entered in the 1500 meters, the 5,000 meters, and the 10,000 meters.It was her second race in 12 hours. Hassan ran the first round of the 1500 meters in the morning and took a fall in the final lap of that race. She got up, sprinted to the lead over the final 300 meters, and won her heat in 4:05.17.
It was too easy for Hassan, who took the lead on the back stretch of the last lap. Obiri, 31, tried to stay with her around the final curve, but she couldn’t match Hassan’s top speed.Karissa Schweizer was the top American in 11th place in 14:55.80, and her Bowerman Track Club teammate Elise Cranny was 13th in 14:55.98. “Obviously we just need to get the strength to hang in there a little longer to be able to close,” Schweizer said after the race.