Dutch Sifan Hassan wins Tokyo Olympics women 5,000 in style, Obiri takes second
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Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands reacts as she wins the gold medal in the Women’s 5000 metres Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Sifan Hassan of Netherlands run an emphatic last 100 metres to pick her first ever Olympic medal in style pushing behind a star-studded pack in a rainy Tokyo Monday night.
She posted a time of 14:36.76. Kenya Helen Obiri clocked 14:38.36 with Ethiopia Gudaf Tsegay running home with a time of 14:38.87.
Sifan will be competing in the 1,500 and 10,000 hoping to win a treble.
