Sifan Hassan to attempt historic triple: 5000m, 10000m, and Marathon at Paris 2024 Olympics

Team Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan is set to attempt a historic feat of three long-distance races at Paris 2024.

The 31 year-old opens her Paris 2024 campaign with the women’s 5000m on August 2, before taking on the women’s 10,000m on August 9.

Less than 48 hours later, she will then attempt the women’s marathon on August 11.

The Ethiopian-born Dutch runner sent shockwaves around the world when she attempted the women’s 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m in Tokyo.

She ended up taking gold for both the 5000m and 10,000m, as well as bronze in the women’s 1500m, and in doing so, she became the only athlete ever to medal in the three events at the same Olympics.

She was initially registered to compete in the same three competitions at Paris 2024 as well as the marathon, but took the decision to drop the women’s 1500m from her programme.

In 2023, Hassan made her London marathon debut and won before winning the Chicago marathon with the second-fastest women's marathon time ever.

Since 2020, she has held the world record for the one hour run, and also held the world record for the one mile run on track until Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon overtook it in July 2023.

Despite coming up against Hassan in Tokyo, Kipyegon retained her gold for the 1500m. With Hassan withdrawing from the 1500m, the Kenyan will look to win her third gold in the 1500m in Paris.

Paris will mark Hassan’s Olympic marathon debut and she’ll have tough competition to overcome should she look to medal.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa is set to impress after her world record performance at the Berlin marathon in 2023, and Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir will be keen to retain her gold from Tokyo.

World class competitors, gruelling agenda, and lack of recovery time aside, Hassan is ready to welcome the challenge that stands before her in Paris.

"It's good sometimes when I'm nervous ... I do better," she told the media.

"Maybe it's going to turn out beautiful."