Sifan Hassan defeated two-time defending champion Ruth Chepngetich to win this 12 months’s Chicago Marathon. Hassan accomplished the marathon with an unofficial time of two:13:44, breaking the earlier report of two:14:04 set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019. The Dutch nationwide, who’s a two-time Olympic medalist and three-time world champion, received this 12 months’s London Marathon by ending in 2:18:33.

Sifan Hassan defeated two-time defending champion Ruth Chepngetich to win this 12 months’s Chicago Marathon. Hassan accomplished the marathon with an unofficial time of two:13:44, breaking the earlier report of two:14:04 set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019. The Dutch nationwide, who’s a two-time Olympic medalist and three-time world champion, received this 12 months’s London Marathon by ending in 2:18:33.

Sifan Hassan was born in Ethiopia the place she was a leisure runner. She left the nation as a refugee and arrived within the Netherlands on the age of 15 in 2008. Hassan received the Dutch citizenship in 2013. She is understood for her distinctive performances within the 1500 meters, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters races.

The 30-year-old received two medals on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – a gold within the ladies’s 5000 meters and a bronze within the 1500 meters. She can also be a three-time world champion, having received titles within the 1500 meter and 10,000 meter races. She received two medals on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August – silver within the 5000m and bronze within the 1500m.

She made her marathon debut this 12 months with the London Marathon.

“Sometimes I wake up and think, why the hell am I running a marathon?” Hassan informed media earlier than her London marathon bid.

The 30-year-old mentioned that she is making her US debut in Chicago as a result of she heard it was a “beautiful city.”

“I’m actually curious and I don’t know what’s going to occur,” she mentioned earlier than Sunday’s Chicago Marathon run.