Olympic champion Sifan Hassan pulls out of London Marathon
Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from next month's London Marathon with an Achilles injury, organisers announced on Monday...
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Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from the upcoming London Marathon on April 26 due to an Achilles injury sustained during training.
- The 33-year-old Dutch runner, an Olympic gold medalist in the 5000m and 10000m at Tokyo and the marathon at Paris 2024, developed the injury while on a treadmill.
- Sifan Hassan, also the 2023 London Marathon winner, stated that she was not in the "perfect condition" required to compete at the elite level.
- The withdrawal was announced by the London Marathon organisers on Monday.
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