{"id":1918140,"date":"2023-04-22T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious-ahead-of-london-race-mccolgan-withdraws\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:59:00","slug":"athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious-ahead-of-london-race-mccolgan-withdraws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious-ahead-of-london-race-mccolgan-withdraws\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Marathon debutant Hassan \u2018curious\u2019 ahead of London race, McColgan withdraws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fathletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious-ahead-of-london-race-mccolgan-withdraws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1918140&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Helen Reid<\/p>\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013     Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan is \u201ccurious\u201d about her debut marathon on Sunday in London, a run she describes as a test that is likely to inform how she approaches next year\u2019s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Dutch middle-distance runner also admits to a feeling many of the 45,000 amateur runners tackling the London Marathon will sympathise with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy feeling is nervous, and curious at the same time,\u201d Hassan told Reuters in an interview. \u201cCan I defeat the marathon, or is it going to defeat me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After gruelling training runs without food or water during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, Hassan said she has no particular time in mind for finishing the race.  <\/p>\n<p>At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Hassan dominated the track with a rare triple, winning gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres as well as bronze in the 1,500.<\/p>\n<p>If Sunday goes well, she may consider another marathon in the autumn, she said, adding that she still loved track and didn\u2019t yet know how her 2024 Paris Olympics plans might change.<\/p>\n<p>In what race organisers say is the greatest ever elite women\u2019s field at the London Marathon, Hassan is up against defending champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw, world record holder Brigid Kosgei and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir. <\/p>\n<p>Organisers say they see the world record of 2:14:04, set by Kosgei in Chicago in 2019, being broken on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of who\u2019s going to win, I do not have a clue,\u201d race director Hugh Brasher said. \u201cIf that comes down to a sprint finish\u2026 I think it\u2019s going to be fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion Eilish McColgan was also set to run her debut marathon in the event won by her mother Liz in 1996, but she has been forced to pull out of the race due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve tried, trust me, but it\u2019s just got to the point where it\u2019s not going to be feasible to run a marathon this weekend,\u201d said the 32-year-old McColgan, who had also withdrawn from the race last year due to a medical issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a few factors\u2026 A whole host of things in the last three weeks have built up and this knee thing has been the final crack in the armour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating because I can almost see the start line. I\u2019ve shed a lot of tears the last couple of days, but there is always going to be another London Marathon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(This story has been refiled to correct a typo in the headline)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Helen Reid, additional reporting by Rohith Nair; Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious\/attachment\/london-marathon-press-conference\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious\/attachment\/london-marathon-press-conference-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with major headlines in the U.S. and around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has more in our Week in Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New revelations reveal a possible Hunter Biden cover up by Team Biden both before and after the 2020 election. Meanwhile, America heads into the weekend without a debt ceiling resolution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Parents are becoming even more involved in their children\u2019s schooling highlighting inappropriate content being presented as helpful.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>An I.R.S. whistleblower has come forward alleging that the Biden administration is blocking the investigation into Hunter Biden<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) \u2013 Jurors in what appears to be the first trial related\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Steve Scherer and Victoria Waldersee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada and Volkswagen on Friday together committed more than C$20 billion ($14.8 billion) for\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Matt McKnight and Daniel Trotta BROOMFIELD, Colorado (Reuters) -Colorado-based Biofire Tech is taking orders for a smart gun enabled by facial-recognition\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Twitter dropped the \u201cGovernment-funded\u201d and \u201cChina state-affiliated\u201d labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan is \u201ccurious\u201d about her debut marathon on Sunday in London, a run she describes as a test that is likely to inform how she approaches next year\u2019s Paris Olympics. 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