SYDNEY :Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has confirmed her decision to skip the athletics world championships in Tokyo next month after deciding to take part in this weekend's Sydney marathon.

Hassan, who won the Olympic marathon in Paris last year, has represented the Netherlands at every world championships since 2015, winning six medals including her 1,500-10,000 metres golden double in Doha in 2019.

"It's in two or three weeks and I don't think I'm going to recover, I can barely walk the first couple of days after a marathon," the 32-year-old told a news conference on Thursday.

"It was so hard a decision for me because ... since 2015 ... I have never skipped any world championships and also it's in Tokyo, and I have great memories of winning two golds and one bronze at the Olympics the

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