Faith Kipyegon takes off in Florence’s 1,500 with a world record

Faith Kipyegon He spent many years pursuing the dream of becoming the best athlete 1,500 of history and at the age of 29 he achieved it with a monumental performance in the Diamond League of Florence with 3’49”11. The Kenyan flew into the Ridolfi Stadium and spared nothing in the attack on world record which was set in 2015 Genzebe Dibaba in the Monaco Diamond League with 3’50”07 and that it is marked on the synthetic with some yellow light.

The African took advantage of the good work of the hares (Brooke Feldmeier and Sage Hurta-Klecker) to face the final 500 solo with a power never seen before. Behind, the Olympic runner-up Laura Muir the only one who dared to prosecute kipyegon, but his dare lasted a few meters. The speed of the Kenyan was so infernal that he was ahead of the lights that set the pace and starred in a scandalous last lap in less than a minute (58.81) to win with the best mark ever with 3’49.11 .

First woman to break the 3’50 minute barrier and the only one after motherhood, a condition he claims whenever he can remember that there are no limits. Kipyegon trains in Iten and shares many sessions with the marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge, with whom he maintains a great friendship. The Spanish martha garciawho was also present at the test seeking to gain experience competing against the best in the world, took the opportunity to take him down personal brand and leave it 4’07”22.

In this performance, Faith Kipyegon put an end to a scandalous record that stands out with two Olympic golds in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and two world titles in Doha 2019 and Oregon 2023, as the most successful in history at this distance. In addition, in the Japanese capital he became the third athlete capable of retaining 1,500 crowns after Seb Coe and Tatyana Kazankina.