“We immediately saw she was a talented athlete,” said Ad Peeters, president of the Eindhoven Atletiek coaching team. On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member: double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan. She finally arrived at Eindhoven to do a nursing course and fell in with other Ethiopians, some of whom were members of the local athletics club. Hassan is overcome with joy after winning gold in the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Dutch athletics coaches recognised her talent and sent her to the elite Olympic training centre in Papendal.

Source: Ethiopian News July 04, 2024 11:35 UTC