Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet secured a remarkable double by winning the women’s 5000m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 25-year-old, who also won the 10,000m event a week ago, claimed victory in 14:54.36 to achieve the same feat she did at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She ended her hunt for a first world title, having already won silver and bronze at Eugene in...
Faith Kipyegon cemented her legacy as one of the all-time greats by storming to a historic fourth title in the women’s 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 31-year-old Kenyan clocked 3:52.15 at the Japan National Stadium on Tuesday, claiming a fifth consecutive gold in the event. Kipyegon equalled Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj – the men’s 1500m world record holder –...
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...
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo enjoyed strong outings at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, emerging winners in their respective events on Saturday, Afrosport reports. Kipyegon, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, broke her own world record to win the women’s 1500m event at Hayward Field. She ran a time of 3:48.68, shaving off .36 seconds off her record (3:49.04) from last year to win her...
Kenyan long distance star Faith Kipyegon came short in her bid to become the first woman in history to run a sub-four minute mile, after clocking a time of four minutes, 06.42 seconds in clear conditions at Stade Charlety in Paris on Thursday, Afrosport reports While the time was 1.22 seconds faster than her world record, it will not be recognised as an official record as...
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