Sifan Hassan storms to 1500m gold to complete double

Doha, Qatar: Sifan Hassan tries different distances, different strategies but the result is always the same. Runaway victories for the girl from the Netherlands.

After winning her first gold in 10,000m on the second day of the championships, Hassan completed a double by winning the 1500m on Saturday, the penultimate day of  Doha Worlds.

The 26-year-old had waited until the last lap to hit the accelerator in the 10k race, but on Saturday she decided to hit the front right from the start, with Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya in close pursuit.

Laura Muir of Great Britain tried to join in but in the final lap, Hassan just pushed the accelerator and effortlessly pulled away, out of reach, to finish in 3:51.95, a new championship record.

Kipyegon took silver in 3:54.22 while Tsegay claimed bronze in  3:54.38.

Hassan said she was reaping rewards for her hard work.

"This is amazing for me, this is such an honour,"  said Hassan.

"I am showing what you can do with hard work. It was amazing when I crossed the line and I saw that time. I was so happy. It was a hard win for me. I was so angry about what people were saying. I've worked so hard to be on top over the years. I felt very good after 10000 and so I decided to go for 1500. I've been working hard at 1500 this year. It looked this was easy for me but it took so much of hard work," she added.

Meanwhile, a titanic battle for was unfolding in shot put, which saw championship records broken three times.

Ryan Crouser of US had recorded a 22.36 in his first attempt for a new championship record, but Tom Walsh of New Zealand registered a 22.90m throw.

But Joe Kovacs, also of the US, saved his best for the last and recorded a 22.91 effort to win gold with the fourth-best ever throw.

Crouser came back with a 22.90 to win silver while Walsh had to settle for bronze for he managed just one valid throw.

Earlier, Olympic champion Brianna McNeal of the US was disqualified from the heats of the 100m hurdles. McNeal, starting in the second heats took off just fraction of a second ahead and was shown the red flag.