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| Faith Kipyegon and her Ethiopian counterpart |
Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon produced another incredible performance to win the women’s 1500m at Athlos NYC. The Kenyan, fresh off winning her fifth Diamond League title, clocked 4:04.79 to win ahead of Ethiopian duo Diribe Welteji and her compatriot Susan Ejore Kipyegon outsprinted her perennial rival Welteji to win comfortably. Gudaf Tsegay was fourth. Faith Kipyegon will go down as one of Kenya’s greatest athletes. The 30-year-old led the race from start to finish and fended off anyone who tried to get ahead of her. In the final lap, Welteji tried to overtake Kipyegon but was unsuccessful.
The Ethiopian finished second in 4:05.58. Ejore was third in 4:06.25, while world champion in the 10,000m, Tsegay was fourth in 4:06.81, per Prime Time Timing. The victory concludes a historic season for Kipyegon, who won everything this year and cemented her legacy as one of the greatest female track and field athletes ever. She broke her world record, won her third gold medal in the 1500m at the Olympic Games and won her fifth Diamond League title in the distance. She also won a silver medal in the 5000m Kipyegon will be aiming to win her fourth world title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
What is the Athlos NYC meet? TUKO.co.ke earlier broke down everything you need to know about the Athlos event. The one-day meet will be a women-only event with only six categories. The prize purse will be one of the biggest ever seen in a track and field event, with the winners getting at least 60,000 USD. Faith Kipyegon sets Olympic record TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that Kipyegon won the women’s 1500m final and set a new Olympic record in Paris. The Kenyan superstar clocked 3:51.29 to break her own record she set in 2021 in Tokyo. Source: TUKO.co.ke
by Edwin Kiplagat