
Faith Kipyegon Sets New 1500m World Record
- Published By Jedida Barasa For The Statesman Digital
- 2 years ago
Faith Kipyegon sets new 1500m world record at the Diamond League in Florence, Italy.
She clocked an outstanding 3:49.11 to shatter the previous record 3:50:07 that was set by Genzebe Dibaba in 2015.
Kipyegon remained behind the pacemakers for the first half of the race before racing clear in the final 300m to finish well ahead of Britain's Laura Muir and Australian Jessica Hull, with her rivals crowding around to congratulate her after the race.
Kipyegon finished well ahead of Britain’s second-placed Laura Muir and the Australian Jessica Hull in third, with Kipyegon’s rivals crowding around to congratulate her after the race.
“I’m so happy for Faith,” Muir said. “I would have loved to be closer to her. But for the first race of the season this is really decent. I have never gone through the first 800m as fast as today.”
Kipyegon took to her social media to celebrate her victorious win stating, "The world record was in my mind since last year, but I wanted to approach it slowly by slowly to see what was possible this year. "
Ferdinand Omanyala finished second clocking an impressive 10:05 seconds behind Fred Kerley who clocked 9:94 seconds in the 100m race.
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