L. MathekaStar girl Kipyegon earns two recognitions on the same day
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Reading Time: 2min | Wed. 02.08.23. | 21:41
Kipyegon will be chasing double gold in 1500m and 5000m at the worlds in Budapest later this month.
On the same day that double Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon was celebrated by her country’s Sports Journalists Association (SJAK) as the personality for the month of July, the world joined as her July exploit was recognized as World Athletics moment of the month for the same month.
Her 4:07:64 in the mile that saw her to obliterate Sifan Hassan’s record set in 2019 by almost five seconds gave her the two awards.
“I am so grateful, happy and excited to be named the Sports Personality of July. In June, we jokingly said that I would get the award for July and August and I am glad that it has come to pass. I hope for the best, and I hope to get another award in August because everything is possible,” Kipyegon said after the SJAK award, unaware hours later the world would be celebrating the same feat.
The Kenyan is now preparing for a double shot at gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. She will be defending her 1500m gold and chasing her first ever 5000m global title, barely a month after breaking her third world record.
The votes are in 🗳️
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 2, 2023
You elected Faith Kipyegon's mile world record at the @MeetingHerculis as July's Moment of the Month ✨
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She is the 1500m and 5000m world record holder, a feat she achieved within a week. In less than two months she added the mile record in Monaco.
She has two Olympic gold medals (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020), two world titles and two silver from the worlds. Her cabinet also boasts four gold medals from the world cross country, and junior worlds and a Commonwealth Games title.
In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com the 29-year-old said she is racing towards becoming the undisputed queen of the 1500m outdoor.
She is eyeing an unprecedented third world title in Budapest and a third straight Olympic gold at Paris 2024 among other achievements. “It’s the legacy, that’s what I am working on now. I have the world records, but I have to break barriers and leave the legacy over the distance,” she says of her to run towards greatness by becoming the greatest miler in history and the most celebrated at the global championships.
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