EUGENE, UNITED STATES
\nKenya\u2019s three-time reigning Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon improved her own 1,500m world record on Saturday, clocking 3min 48.68secs to win at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Kipyegon improved on the record of 3:49.04 she set at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on July 7, 2024.
\nThe Kenyan was running her first 1,500m of the season, having come up short in a bid to become the first woman to break four minutes in the mile in a special event in Paris on June 26. She said her preparation for that attempt helped her in her signature event.
\n\u201cI think the changes were that I was preparing myself for something special, which was to run under four minutes in a mile, and I think I pushed myself, getting better and better toward the 1,500, so I knew it was possible to still run under 3:49,\u201d she said.
\nThe \u201cBreaking 4\u201d mile attempt, with the aid of a wealth of technical support including a custom-made suit and new Victory Elite FK shoes, was something of an outlier, but Kipyegon said this race puts her on course for the World Championships at Tokyo in September.
\n\u201cThis is the road to Tokyo, and I would say I am in the right direction,\u201d said the 31-year-old Kenyan, who has yet to decide if she will attempt the 1,500m\/5,000m double in Tokyo.
\nEthiopia\u2019s Diribe Welteji finished second in 3:51.44, overhauling Australia\u2019s Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull, who had stuck to Kipyegon until the final lap but settled for third in 3:52.67.
\n\u201cFor someone to show up and just keep doing it over and over again, she\u2019s phenomenal,\u201d Hull said of Kipyegon. \u201cShe was aware that I was going to be there this time, so she put her foot down and made it really hard for that last 500 meters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EUGENE, UNITED STATES Kenya\u2019s three-time reigning Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon improved her own 1,500m world record on Saturday, clocking 3min 48.68secs to win at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Kipyegon improved on the record of 3:49.04 she set at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on July 7, 2024. The Kenyan was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-488885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n