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Two years ago, an inexperienced Hassan looked like she would have to drop out of her marathon debut after stopping at the roadside mid-race to stretch out a hip injury while her rivals disappeared up the road.<\/p>\n
Instead, she reeled in the Tokyo Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir and the 2022 London champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw before sprinting to glory – but only after almost colliding with a support motorbike.<\/p>\n
Hassan achieved her Olympic triumph last summer in similarly dramatic fashion. <\/p>\n
Having already won bronze medals in both the 5,000m and 10,000m on the track – the events she won in Tokyo – she appeared to be fading in the marathon but recovered to produce another spectacular sprint finish.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think I’m the greatest because, if I think that, I’m not going to improve,” Hassan said.<\/p>\n
Discussing her future ambitions, she added: “I want to try and run four marathons in one year and see how far I can go. Maybe closer to LA, I want to see how I can handle [that].<\/p>\n
“I want to run personal bests on the track too. I have so many things in my head, I’m really crazy.<\/p>\n
“Many athletes are good at one thing but they don’t want to go out of their comfort zone. Nobody is perfect, I just want to try everything and see where I can go.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n