Hassan Gets 3 Distance Medals in Amazing Olympic Odyssey

Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, wins the women's 10,000-meter run final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 7, 2021. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

TOKYO—By the time she reached the 65th and final lap of her eight-day Olympic odyssey, Sifan Hassan’s neck had seized up and she couldn’t turn her head. She could barely breathe and she couldn’t feel her arms anymore.

As she neared the end, she couldn’t see properly and thought “why did they move the finish line?”