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Hassan breaks world record by more than 10 seconds in 10,000m

Published:Sunday | June 6, 2021 | 1:46 PM
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HENGELO, Netherlands (AP):

Sifan Hassan set a world record by running the 10,000m in 29:6.82 minutes at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Dutch athlete, back in the same stadium where she set her European record of 29:36.67 in the 10,000 last October, shaved more than 10 seconds off the previous world-best mark of 29:17.45 set by Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.