EUGENE, OREGON (AFP) - Double Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan came up short in a bid to set a world record in the 5,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic on Friday (Aug 20), but she still managed to win comfortably in 14min 27.89sec.

The Dutch star Hassan, who won gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Games earlier this month, finished well ahead of runner-up Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia, who clocked 14:42.25 on the opening night of the two-day track meet at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.