{"id":437186,"date":"2023-06-03T01:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T05:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=437186"},"modified":"2023-06-02T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T03:27:35","slug":"kenyas-faith-kipyegon-set-a-new-womens-1500-meters-world-record","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/kenyas-faith-kipyegon-set-a-new-womens-1500-meters-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s Faith Kipyegon set a new women&#8217;s 1,500 meters world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya&#8217;s Faith Kipyegon set a women&#8217;s 1,500 meters world record on Friday by\u00a0 stopping the clock at 3:49.11.<\/p>\n<p>Kipyegon got almost an entire second off the previous mark of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia&#8217;s Genzebe Dibaba in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WORLD RECORD &#8211; 3:49.11 \ud83d\udc97\ud83e\udd79\ud83d\udc97<br \/>\nI am really thankful, today was a wonderful day in which everything came together. The world record was in my mind since last year, but I wanted to approach it slowly by slowly to see what was possible this year. I cant believe it! Now I have&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9xRXIteUq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/e9xRXIteUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Faith Kipyegon (@Kipyegon_Faith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kipyegon_Faith\/status\/1664743960080797697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old&#8217;s has two Olympic 1,500m golds and the 2017 and 2022 world titles, Commonwealth Games gold medal from 2014 and three Diamond League titles.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan remained behind the pacemakers for the first half of the race before racing clear in the final 300m to finish well ahead of Britain&#8217;s Laura Muir and Australian Jessica Hull, with her rivals crowding around to congratulate her after the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was the reaction when Faith Kipyegon broke the world 1500m record.<\/p>\n<p>Her competitors all went and hugged the double Olympic and world champion.<\/p>\n<p>No surprise as Kipyegon is one of the most popular athletes on the circuit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cGJ91II7VE\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/cGJ91II7VE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AW (@AthleticsWeekly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AthleticsWeekly\/status\/1664730151194619904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy for Faith,&#8221; Muir said. &#8220;I would have loved to be closer to her. But for the first race of the season this is really decent. I have never gone through the first 800m as fast as today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya&#8217;s Faith Kipyegon set a women&#8217;s 1,500 meters world record on Friday by\u00a0 stopping the clock at 3:49.11. 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