Kipyegon to take the mile in next month's Monaco Diamond League meet

World record holder in the 1500 and 5000m, Faith Kipyegon, will have the chance to showcase her brilliance in yet another discipline next month as she takes the women’s mile (1600M) at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco set for 21 July 2023.

Kipyegon, who has gone on to break world records in two of her last Diamond League appearances in Florence and Paris, had been enlisted to compete in the 1500m event late last month, necessitating a change in schedule.

While the Diamond League points she amasses will still go towards the 1500m qualification campaign, the mile will present a new challenge for Kipyegon, who last ran the distance at a Diamond League meeting in Oslo in 2016.

Then, Kipyegon showed no signs of fatigue, en route to her victory in the first women's Dream Mile contested in Oslo, winning comfortably in a time of 4:18.60, and ahead of Great Britain’s Laura Muir who came in second clocking 4:19.12.

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The Stade Louis II certainly has world-record pedigree, with Kipyegon's Dutch rival Sifan Hassan having made history there with 4:12.33 at the Monaco Diamond League in 2019.

Back in August 2022, the 29-year-old came very close to smashing the then World Record over the distance at the venue, as she managed to run the second fastest time in history (3:50.37) after missing the record by just 0.30 seconds.

The Wanda Diamond League is the premier one-day meeting series in athletics.

It comprises 14 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 13 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final in Eugene on 16th-17th September.