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Faith Kipyegon’s world record in Eugene ratified
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She also set the mile world record at 4:07.64 in Monaco in July 2023 and also holds the 3000m world record with a time of 8:07.04 set in ChorzĂłw in August 2025
The world 1500m record set by Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Eugene back in July has been ratified by World Athletics.
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Clocking 3:48.68 at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, 5 July, multiple Olympic and world champion Kipyegon took 0.36 off the world record of 3:49.04 she set in Paris on 7 July 2024.
Kipyegon tracked the pacemaker closely through 400m (1:01.61) and 800m (2:03.17). She kicked hard on the back straight and charged towards the finish line, crossing it in 3:48.68 to win by almost three seconds.
The performance followed her 4:06.42 mile in Paris a week earlier, the fastest women’s mile performance in history, albeit in an unofficial and unratifiable exhibition event.
“The changes were that I was preparing myself for something special, which was to run under four minutes in a mile, and I think I pushed myself, getting better and better toward the 1500m,” she said.
“So, I knew it was possible to still run under 3:49. This is the road to Tokyo, and I would say I am in the right direction.”
Kipyegon first broke the 1500m world record with a time of 3:49.11 at the Diamond League meet in Florence in 2023.
The 31-year-old improved her record to 3:49.04 at the Diamond League meet in Paris a year later, before improving the mark in Eugene this year.
She set the mile world record at 4:07.64 in Monaco in July 2023 and also holds the 3000m world record with a time of 8:07.04 set in ChorzĂłw in August 2025.
Kipyegon is competing at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, where she is chasing a record fourth title.
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