Kenyan shatters 1500m mark and thinks she can go lower still
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya celebrates after clocking 3:49.11 in a 1500m race in Florence. (Photo: AFP)
FLORENCE, Italy: Faith Kipyegon warned there is more to come after adding the women’s 1500m world record to a stellar career path that has already seen her bag two world and two Olympic golds over the distance.
The 29-year-old Kenyan clocked 3:49.11 in Florence on Friday to shatter the previous record of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in Monaco in 2015.
Kipyegon, considered the greatest ever woman in the discipline, crushed the rest of the field in Tuscany, finishing more than eight seconds ahead of reigning European champion Laura…
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