LAHTI Sarah

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10,000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12th (31:28.43)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2017	London, GBR	Heats (DNS)	DNF

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	5000m
2021	1 x 10th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
10	2021	5000m	Oslo, NOR	15:10.24

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Half Marathon Team	2020	Gdynia, POL	3:33.37
DNS	Half Marathon	2020	Gdynia, POL	DNS

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

English, Swedish

Hasselby SK [Sweden]

In February 2021 she decided to skip the indoor season due to a knee injury. (hskfriidrott.se, 07 Feb 2021)

She was forced to abandon the 10,000m final at the 2017 World Championships in London, England, due to an injury. She was later diagnosed with Achilles tendinitis and a micro-rupture in her hamstring and required surgery in October 2017. (aftonbladet.se, 06 Aug 2017, 26 Oct 2017)

During her sporting career she has suffered a stress fracture to her foot. (runnersworld.se, 02 May 2016; svt.se, 25 Feb 2016)

She took up athletics at age 10 in Sweden. (runnersworld.se, 02 May 2016)

She was inspired to take up the sport by her older brother Oscar. (runnersworld.se, 02 May 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to run the 5000m in less than 15 minutes and the 10,000m in less than 30 minutes. (expressen.se, 21 Mar 2019; marathon.se, 29 Apr 2021)

She runs three times per week. "I have a very high threshold all year round. Then of course we add a little faster running ahead of the season and competitions, but we always keep the same threshold as a base. It makes me strong. If I manage the longer distances, I can run fast on shorter distances as well. Arnhem [Netherlands], one hour from where I live, offers great training opportunities." (marathon.se, 29 Apr 2021)

"I go into the 10,000m with the mentality that it is a road race, you cannot check the clock every lap because then you lose focus. You know exactly how far it is and must see it as a segment in a road race instead. I know how long I have to run, I go in and do not think after that." (marathon.se, 29 Apr 2021)