2023-08-19 21:58:18
In a crazy late evening, her compatriot Femke Bol also collapsed on the tartan a few minutes later during the mixed 4x400m relay, also within reach of gold, leaving eternal regrets in the Netherlands, who leave empty-handed on this first day.
There was the bend of the Dutch in the legendary climb of Alpe d’Huez, there will now be the cursed passage of the Dutch on the track of the national athletics center in Budapest.
In a matter of minutes, cross-country skier Sifan Hassan and sprinter Femke Bol lost a title, or at least a guaranteed medal, just a stone’s throw from the finish line.
Hassan, engaged in a crazy new bet with three events in Hungary (1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 m), got off to a bad start in her Herculean work.
At the end of a slow and tactical race, the double Olympic champion (5,000 and 10,000 m) placed a frank acceleration 300 m from the finish of the 10,000 m, to find herself in the last straight line elbow-to-neck. -elbow with Tsegay.
“Watch the replay”
This breathtaking duel ended with an astonishing fall from Hassan, condemning her to an anonymous 11th place, and leaving the triumph to Ethiopia for a hat-trick, Tsegay beating world record holder and defending champion Letesenbet Gidey and Ejgayehu Taye.
“I keep smiling but it’s really difficult, explained the Dutchwoman. I’m very disappointed. I felt really strong and I tried to push on the last lap. I think I was pushed by the Ethiopian I hope I’m not crazy I need to watch the replay to see exactly what happened I don’t think I’m hurt My hand is fine but my knee needs to be checked . I hope that all will be well.”
Hassan (30) is due to set off once more on Sunday in pursuit of a fifth world medal (gold in the 1,500m and 10,000m in 2019, bronze in the 5,000m in 2017 and 1,500m in 2015), with the semi-finals of the 1,500 m.
A few minutes following her, Femke Bol, in a fight with the American Alexis Holmes, violently fell head first less than 10 meters from the finish of the mixed 4×400 m by dropping the witness, enough to disqualify her team.
Bol, huge favorite in the 400m hurdles which starts on Monday, seemed inconsolable, despite the support of his teammates.
“Cramps”
“I don’t know what happened. It’s never happened to me before. I had cramps as I approached the finish line, she explained. I was pushing, pushing, was pushing. I’m disappointed that my body didn’t have what it needed to finish the race strong.”
The United States, with the quartet Justin Robinson, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling and Holmes, took the opportunity to win in this recent discipline, contested since 2019 in major championships, with a world record at the key (3:08.80 ), far ahead of Great Britain and the Czech Republic.
France, which had made discipline a goal by aligning its best elements (Gilles Biron, Louise Maraval, Téo Andant and Amandine Brossier), took a good fourth place, more than a second however from bronze. What give hopes to one year of the Olympic Games at home.
“It’s the frustration that dominates. Finishing fourth is always boring, even if we can be satisfied with our championship in view of the expectations. From the perspective of the Olympics, we can be happy,” said Andant.
Shot putter Ryan Crouser assured him the show with a second consecutive world title with the second best throw in history (23.51 m), just five centimeters from his world record set in Los Angeles at the end of May. All following revealing to suffer from blood clots in his left leg for a few weeks.
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