Sifan Hassan, The Queen Of Athletics, Wins Yesterday the Chicago Marathon 2023 Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

The Queen of Athletics, my Dutch fellow citizen
SIFAN HASSAN wins constantly
these are facts not fiction, to me so preciously
truly honest sport, no addiction

Narrating about only one thing
Sifan Hassan Wins Women's Race
at the 2023 Chicago Marathon
Hey hey! It was only yesterday!

Six weeks after winning 2 medals on the track,
she defeated defending champion Ruth Chepngetich,
by almost 2 minutes.

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands
won the Chicago Marathon
on Sunday, yesterday at 2: 13: 44
the second-fastest time in history!
and a new course record,
improving upon the 2: 14: 04 set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019,
a world record at the time.

Defending champion Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya,29,
placed second in 2: 15: 37,
while Megertu Alemu of Ethiopia,25, was third in 2: 17: 09.

The 30-year-old Hassan's victory comes in only her second marathon, she won her debut in London this spring in 2: 18: 33
and just six weeks after she claimed a silver in the 5,000 meters
and a bronze in the 1500 meters at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

These are the most important latest occurrences
of the Queen Of Athletics SIFAN HASSAN

Last but not least, I am very proud of her.
In my last narrative poems about Sifan Hassan,
our Queen of Athletics,
I mentioned her many victories
in the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, but played in 2021,
because of the coronavirus pandemic
the 10,000 km Gold, the 5,000 km Gold,
and the 1.500 Bronze

Dear Sifan, we are very very proud of you
you have brought name and fame
For the Netherlands,
yours faithfully,
we from The Netherlands

Monday 9 October 2023