Photos: Kenya’s Agnes Tirop gets bronze as Hassan wins women's 10,000 metres world title

Netherlands' Sifan Hassan (C) competes in the Women's 10,000m final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on September 28, 2019. [AFP]

Sifan Hassan secured her first global outdoor title on Saturday as the Dutch runner won the women's 10,000 metres in the fastest time this year of 30min 17.62sec in Doha.

The 26-year-old Ethiopian-born athlete -- who came to the Netherlands aged 15 as a refugee -- stormed home clear of former compatriot Letesenbet Gidey who clocked 30:21.23.