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Olympic champion Sifan Hassan pulls out of London Marathon

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Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from next month's London Marathon with an Achilles injury, organisers announced on Monday...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Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from the upcoming London Marathon on April 26 due to an Achilles injury sustained during training.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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