Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion

It was on these tracks more than a decade ago that Hassan, a young asylum-seeker from Ethiopia, embarked on a journey that would lead to history at the Tokyo Olympics and make her a top medal contender in Paris.

Sifan Hassan. AFP PHOTO

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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

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Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion

It was on these tracks more than a decade ago that Hassan, a young asylum-seeker from Ethiopia, embarked on a journey that would lead to history at the Tokyo Olympics and make her a top medal contender in Paris.

Sifan Hassan. AFP PHOTO

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