Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia were unstoppable on Saturday, cruising to victory in their respective events at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, Afrosport reports.
Kipyegon stormed to glory in the women’s 3000 metres, setting a new African and meeting record with a blistering time of 8:07.04 – which was also a Diamond League record.
The three-time Olympic champion finished nearly 200m clear of her closest challenger, though she narrowly missed out on the world record of 8:06.11, set by China’s Wang Junxia in 1993.
Kipyegon comes close!
The 🇰🇪 star falls just a second short of the world record in the 3000m, clocking an African record, meeting record and #DiamondLeague record of 8:07.04 at #SilesiaDL🇵🇱!#DiamondLeague
📸 @DanVernonPhoto pic.twitter.com/cbsN39fX1r— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) August 16, 2025
The 31-year-old finished well ahead of Ethiopia’s Likina Amebaw (8:34.53) and Aleshign Baweke (8:35.51), who claimed second and third respectively.
In the women’s 1500m, Tsegay produced another statement run, clocking a season’s best and meeting record of 3:50.62. The 28-year-old was paced through 800m in a sharp 1:59.97 before pulling away from the field.
Kenya’s two-time Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet came second with a personal best of 3:54.73, while Great Britain’s Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell finished third in 3:56.00.
Meanwhile, in her first race since winning Olympic gold in Paris last year, Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson impressed in the women’s 800m, storming to victory in a new meeting record and world-leading 1:54.75.
She finished ahead of Kenya’s Lillian Odira, who set a personal best of 1:56.52, and Botswana’s Oratile Nowe, who clocked a national record of 1:56.76 for third place.
