Faith Kipyegon achieved her third world record of the year in Monaco

He Monaco’s Louis II Stadium is once again the theater of athletics dreams with another flashy world record from the hands of Faith Kipyegon. The Kenyan flew over the Monegasque synthetic of Diamond League in the mile distance to break the world record and leave in 4’07”64 (the reference is Sifan Hassan with 4’12”33). “Well, it’s a blessing to get this score against these rivals,” Kipyegon said as he finished. “I came from doing very good training sessions for the World Cup in Budapest and I know I can run fast here,” said the Kenyan. “When I started the season, my goal was to achieve the world record of 1,500m and in the end three fell at different distances. A lot”, he commented after achieving his third record of the season after those achieved in the 1,500m (3’49”11) and 5,000m (14’05”20). Kipyegon confirmed in the Mixed Zone that at budapest world cup (August 19-28) will double up and look for titles in the 1,500m and 5,000m. Of the same race, the Catalan Esther Guerrero he was tenth, bettering his personal best with 4’22”28. With this result, Faith Kipyegon added her third world record of the year after achievements in the 1,500m (3’49”11) and 5,000m (14’05”20).

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Karsten Warholm achieved the world’s best mark of the year in the 400m hurdles with 46″51, ahead of only the Brazilian Alison dos Santos (46’66), who returned to this competition after tearing his meniscus. the American Sydney McLaughlin He dropped out at the last minute in the 400 as a precaution due to some knee discomfort. With less than a month to go to the World Cup, the North American preferred not to take any chances. The victory went to the Polish Natalia Kaczmarek with 49.63, ahead of Shamier Little with 49”68 and Lieke Klaver with 49”99.