Two years in the past, an inexperienced Hassan appeared like she must drop out of her marathon debut after stopping on the roadside mid-race to stretch out a hip damage whereas her rivals disappeared up the street.
As an alternative, she reeled within the Tokyo Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir and the 2022 London champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw earlier than sprinting to glory – however solely after nearly colliding with a assist bike.
Hassan achieved her Olympic triumph final summer time in equally dramatic style.
Having already received bronze medals in each the 5,000m and 10,000m on the observe – the occasions she received in Tokyo – she seemed to be fading within the marathon however recovered to provide one other spectacular dash end.
“I do not assume I am the best as a result of, if I believe that, I am not going to enhance,” Hassan stated.
Discussing her future ambitions, she added: “I need to try to run 4 marathons in a single yr and see how far I can go. Possibly nearer to LA, I need to see how I can deal with [that].
“I need to run private bests on the observe too. I’ve so many issues in my head, I am actually loopy.
“Many athletes are good at one factor however they do not need to exit of their consolation zone. No person is ideal, I simply need to strive the whole lot and see the place I can go.”
