by trackadmin | Jun 9, 2021 | 10000m, Ethiopia, Events, Featured, News
Netherlands – Just two days after Sifan Hassan clocked a world 10,000m record of 29:06.82 in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by five seconds with 29:01.03* to win the Ethiopian Trials on...
by trackadmin | Jun 9, 2021 | Athletes, Featured, Netherlands
Sifan Hassan – Born: 1 January 1993. Coach: Tim Rowberry. Born in Adama, Ethiopia, in 1993, Hassan left her homeland as a refugee in 2008, arriving in the Netherlands at age 15. Sifan Hassan Information She began running soon thereafter and less than a decade...
by trackadmin | Jun 7, 2021 | 10000m, Featured, Hengelo, Netherlands, News, Women
Netherlands – There was little about Sifan Hassan’s 10000m run at the FBK Games in Hengelo on Sunday (6) that gave the impression she was being patient. Eyes firmly fixed on the track ahead, her arms pumping and legs turning with incredible consistency, she...
by trackadmin | Feb 10, 2021 | 1500m, Ethiopia, Featured, France, Indoor, News
France – On an evening of stunning middle-distance performances at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay produced the highlight by taking two seconds off the world indoor 1500m record*, winning at the World Athletics Indoor...
by trackadmin | Dec 7, 2020 | Awards, Featured, News, Sweden
World record-breakers Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2020, a ceremony held virtually on Saturday (5). Duplantis and Rojas named World Athletes of the...