Faith Kipyegon set for Monaco return in July
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She is the first athlete announced for the Diamond League event
Faith Kipyegon will race the 3000m when she returns to the scene of her world mile record-the Meeting Herculis EBS in Monaco, on 10 July.
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Kenya’s three-time Olympic 1500m champion ran 4:07.64 to set her world mile record at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco in 2023 and more recently made her 10km debut on the roads of Monaco, running 29:46.
Her mile mark is one of five world records she has set at Diamond League meetings in the past three years. Her most recent was achieved at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene in July, when she ran 3:48.68 to improve her own world 1500m record by 0.36.
Last year Kipyegon went within one second of the long-standing world 3000m record when she clocked 8:07.04 for the second-fastest time in history at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia.
As well as her three Olympic titles and series of world records, Kipyegon has claimed five world titles and five Diamond League 1500m titles.
She is the first athlete announced for this year’s Meeting Herculis EBS, the 10th Diamond League meeting of the season.
