Kenya: Power of Faith! Kipyegon Storms to World Record At Prefontaine Classic

5 July 2025
Capital FM (Nairobi)
By Omondi Onyatta

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 5, 2025 - Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon smashed the world record for the women's 1500m -- again -- at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday night.

Kipyegon clocked 3:48.68 to cut the tape, smashing the previous record of 3:49.04 that she set at the Paris Diamond League on July 7, last year.

Ethiopian Diribe Welteji clocked a personal best (PB) of 3:51.44 to finish second as Australian Jessica Hull timed a season's best (SB) of 3:52.67 to take third place.

Kipyegon's feat on Saturday came just over a week after she fell agonisingly short of making history as the first woman to run the mile in under four minutes.

The double world record holder clocked 4:06.42 in the 'Breaking4' challenge in Paris -- setting an unofficial world record for the mile in the process.

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