Sifan Hassan completed an unprecedented world championship double by taking gold in one of the fastest 1500m races in history as Great Britain’s Laura Muir missed out on a medal, finishing fifth.
The Dutch athlete became the first woman to ever win gold in the 1500m and 10,000m at the same world championships as she ran 3:51.95 to move to number six on the all-time list.
The race included four national records, while six of the top seven broke their personal bests as Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon took silver and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay the bronze.
Muir has had a heavily disrupted season, and arrived at these championships having not raced since the London Diamond League in July, but progressed well through the rounds.
World Athletics Championships: Day nine
It was Muir who tried to go with Hassan as she kicked off an already fast pace at the bell, but others judged their efforts better while the Scot faded down the home straight, though she still season’s best 3:55.76, her second-fastest run ever.
Earlier in the evening, a quartet of Laviai Nielsen, Jodie Williams, Jess Turner and Zoey Clark took Great Britain safely into the final of the 4x400m relay, where they look to have a chance of a medal on Sunday.
However, there was disappointment for the men’s team, who could only finish fifth in their heat, and missed out on a fastest loser spot by 0.33 seconds.
