Athletics: Double world champ Hassan seeks new coach after Salazar ban


FILE PHOTO: Oct 5, 2019; Doha; Qatar; Sifan Hassan (NED) Celebrates after winning the women's 1,500m in a championship record 3:51.95 during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at Khalifa International Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Double world champion Sifan Hassan plans to continue to train in Portland despite the closure of the controversial Nike Oregon Project and the four-year doping ban handed to her former coach Alberto Salazar.

The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete said it would be hard to change, with the Olympic Games less than a year away, but she would now seek a new coach.

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