In just two days, the Queen Of Range will try to do what no one—man or woman—has ever done before at a world championships: win both the 10,000m and the 1500m.

I'm not even sure if anyone has ever attempted it. 

But if anyone can do it, it's Sifan Hassan. And she's already halfway there after winning gold in the 10,000m this past Saturday.

The Dutch phenom arrived in Doha entered in three events at the IAAF World Championships: 10,000m, 5000m, and 1500m. With the latter two scheduled back to back, she needed to scratch one, sending track and field analysts everywhere spiraling in a speculative frenzy as they tried to predict whether she would ultimately decide on the 1500m or the 5000m.

Arguments for Hassan committing to either event were compelling. This season, she became the first person to win both the 1500m and the 5000m Diamond League titles (ever—not just in one season); added the world record in the mile, 4:12.33, to her resume in July (running a 2:02 800m and a 3:55.30 1500m world lead en route); also ran the eighth-fastest 5000m in world history, 14:22.12, in July; and closed her world title-winning 10,000m with an absurd 3:59 1500m/4:17 mile for a 30:17.62 that tops the globe in 2019.

Perhaps she chose the 1500m because it's her favorite race, but the 1500m—typically packed to the gills at the world championships with ridiculous talent at the peaks of their powers—is uncharacteristically weaker this year. The 1500m world record holder, Genzebe Dibaba, who took Hassan down in Rabat, scratched. The fearsome 2018 world indoor silver medalist, Great Britain's Laura Muir, might still be struggling with injury. And 2016 Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon only competed once since the Prefontaine Classic in June.

To resurface some words from my colleague Lincoln Shryack, who wrote a terrific analysis of how Hassan's choice could define her career: 

"The glass-half-full view is that the quirkiness provides Hassan the opportunity to show off the full scope of her greatness by entering the 1500m and 10,000m. There is, of course, more risk in that pursuit than the traditional 5,000m-10,000m attempt: For one, it’s one more race, and two, it’s never been done.

But for how exciting of a talent Hassan is, picking the traditional route is too boring and way too limiting. She may never have this unique opportunity again, and based on how well things have gone this season, she should take it."

We caught up with Hassan in the mixed zone in Doha before her event choice was confirmed—here's what she had to say about her impending decision:

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