The previous record, set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia, had stood for 23 years.
. With each step in the bell lap, Hassan pulled farther and farther ahead of her competitors until she found herself chasing the clock on the homestretch.
With impressive closing speed that brought her over the last lap in 62 seconds, Hassan secured her place as the world record-holder in the distance, a record which stood for 23 years. The performance was a promising effort for the Dutch middle-distance star ahead of the 2019“After you run the last 400 like that, and set a world record, it gives me so much confidence over 5,000 meters,” Hassan told
. “I want to double over 1500 [meters] and 5,000 [meters] in Doha, and the way I finished the last 400 there, it’s amazing—to run a world record the way I did makes me so happy!”Prior to Friday, Hassan’s personal best in the mile was
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