Two years in the past, an inexperienced Hassan regarded like she must drop out of her marathon debut after stopping on the roadside mid-race to stretch out a hip harm whereas her rivals disappeared up the street.
As a substitute, 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 virtually colliding with a help motorcycle.
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 suppose I am the best as a result of, if I feel that, I am not going to enhance,” Hassan mentioned.
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. Perhaps 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 one is ideal, I simply need to strive the whole lot and see the place I can go.”
