Sifan Hassan to compete at the TCS Sydney Marathon 2025

Sifan Hassan is one of the most enduring athletes in our sport! For fourteen years, Sifan Hassan has builty her legacy through cross country, middle distances and long distances on the track, and now, finally to the marathon. 

Sifan’s absolutely eccentric approach to the marathon has confounded many of her competitors. From her debut in London to the Chicago Marathon, to the Olympic marathon, Sifan Hassan has shaken up the marathon world. Her third place at the London marathon this past year, after a nearly four month break from training, showed her talent. 

Sifan Hassan is one of the most popular elite athletes in our sport, a great model for young woman who share her religious beliefs, but also young women who live their lives in a more secular world. Sifan’s message is this: Never give up, try and be patient and learn from both successes and failures. 

And now, Sifan Hassan will be running the TCS Sydney Marathon as it makes its debut as a member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. 

Sifan Hassan to compete at the TCS Sydney Marathon 2025

Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan is preparing for an exciting new milestone in her exceptional distance running career as she gets ready to compete in the TCS Sydney Marathon on Sunday 31 August 2025.

Hassan has already made a major impact on the global marathon scene, winning two Abbott World Marathon Majors: London in 2023, where she triumphed in her debut over the distance, and Chicago later that year, where she recorded a personal best of 2:13:44, the third-fastest time in history. Since then, she placed fourth at the Tokyo Marathon 2024, claimed gold in the marathon at the Paris Olympics in an Olympic record time of 2:22:55 after earning bronze in both the 5000m and 10,000m, and recently secured a podium finish with third place at the TCS London Marathon 2025.

She is now looking forward to the challenge of racing in Sydney, which will also make its debut on the Abbott World Marathon Majors calendar.

“I’m really looking forward to racing another Major and experiencing the energy of the Sydney crowds,” said Hassan. “Australia is such a strong athletics nation, and a great marathon needs passionate and loud fans, so I’m excited. I’m also honored to be part of the Sydney Marathon’s first year as a Major.”

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, ” I’m no Angel.”

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