How many events will Sifan Hassan run in Paris?

I like Sifan. Great competitor. She has the talent to compete in 4 events and do well in all. To get gold I think she needs to win either the 5K or 10K. She could run the marathon depending on how she feels after those two track efforts.

She’s as dope as it gets.

Imagine writing about a distance runner winning multiple medals at the 1924 Olympics and not mentioning Paavo Nurmi.

I say she runs 1500, 5000 and 10000, No Marathon as Summer Marathons are unpredictable especially if it is hot and to run that with ALL that HARD RACING, My guess is No Marathon, but she goes for a Really fast time to try to get The World Record in Berlin, Chicago or Valencia

Sadly this will be a big part of her legacy. She is a fierce competitor but almost nobody believes she does it without “help.” She became superhuman a few years ago.

This topic has already been discussed here. Here’s one example:

The 1500m the next day after the 10000m final is a no go, and the marathon 2 days later would be worse. She would need a minimum of three days rest after the 10K.

How is she super human? The idea of the best miler also being the 10,000 person seemed crazy maybe before Hassan but now it seems commonplace with her, Tsegay, Kipyegon and Ingebrigtsen.

Tsegay has already said she wanted to triple this year and I'm not convinced Hassan is better than Tsegay right now (in fact Tsegay beat her for 10,000 gold). And do you we not think Kipyegon could also triple? Ingebrigtsen has already won two 5000s. Who would drop him in a 10,000?

So are all 5 of them doping?

Here's my new question. If Kipyegon, Hassan and Tsegay all triple -5000, 10,000 and 1500 - who gets what medals.

5000 - G: S: B:
10,000 - G: S: B:
1500 - G: S: B:

Wiley silver in 1500

The best Miler, being the best at 10000 is not unual, If a High School has a 4:05 Miler odds are he is also the Schools (And probably The whole Area's) top runner at 800, 2 Mile, Cross Country and if the team runs a 10k or Half Marathon he would likely be the best at his school at that as well, I asked several people that were sub 4:10 Milers or Sub 8:50 for 2 Miles what number on their team were they at the other Distances and they always said they were, None said they were the best in their school at 400 very few try it, but look even at the World Class level Aouita 800-10000 World Class, Yomif Kejelcha 1500/Mile - Half Marathon World Class, Mof Farah 3:28 for 1500 to 2:05 Marathon, Haile Geb, I think the best runners are just gifted and running and will do well regardless of event at the Level they are at it

1:56

3:51

29:06

2:13:44

To answer your question, Hassan, Kipyegon, Tsegay and Jakob are all likely doping indeed. Were Ma’s Army clean?

All the downvotes but this is right. She defies everything known about distance running. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

5000 - G Hassan S Kipyegon B Tsegay
10,000 - G: Tsegay S: Hassan B Kipyegon
1500 - G: Kipyegon S: Hassan B Tsegay

1.5k - Kipyegon, Hassan, Addy MF Wiley

5k - Kipyegon, Hassan, Tsegay

10k - Hassan, Tsegay, Gidey

If they all tripled, there's no way they'd all medal in all 3.

Edit: I didn't realize Tsegay had the 1500i WR in 3:53. It's possible she beats Wiley.

All 5 of them are absolutely doping.

You misspelled Welteji, who is a greater threat to Kipyegon than most are accepting

Kipyegon will already have the 5000 in her legs while the much younger vastly improving Welteji bides her time for a sole event and opportunity for massive upset at the end of the Olympics.

The road victory over Kipyegon will cause Welteji's confidence to soar even more than it did at world championships, when she dispatched silver from Hassan.

Welteji remains so underrated you guys are talking about Tsegay, who has all but dropped the 1500. She ran it exactly one time outdoors in 2023.

What’s truly rare is world class at 800m all the way up to the marathon. Not sure about Kipyegon’s 800m background. Is anyone else in this conversation?

She could medal in the 1500, 5000, & 10000, winning all three would be really really hard, but medaling in all three would be really impressive. I would skip the marathon if I were here, she could medal in the marathon if she were only running that and maybe the 10000 even with unpredictable weather conditions. The problem is if it is really warm it evens the playing field and she would not be 10065 rested if she were doing other events especially the 10000 if it is hot for that event as well.