Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 1500m - Round 1- OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 2, 2021. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands reacts after competing REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan's dream of an unprecedented treble looked under threat on Monday as she tumbled and fell in her 1,500 metres heat but she recovered brilliantly and pushed hard to win her race and advance to the semi-finals.
Hassan, a 5,000m world bronze medallist and world champion in the 1,500m and 10,000m, confirmed on Sunday https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N2P801N that she will bid to win medals in all three races, in what would be an Olympic first.
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