Faith Kipyegon wins historic fourth world 1500m title
Faith Kipyegon stormed to a historic fourth global 1500m championship as the middle-distance star prolonged her sequence of supremacy with a 5th back-to-back international win in the event
The 31-year-old drew level with former male athletics legend El Guerrouj as the exclusive additional runner in the sport's history to collect 4 1500m titles at the championships
Having achieved her third consecutive Games victory in the previous year, this marked a third straight world gold for Faith, who controlled the race from the beginning before accelerating ahead of her opponents on the final lap
Besides is she victorious in the last five championship races but, excluding qualifiers, she has remained unbeaten over the event for exceeding 4 years
The Australian silver medalist Jessica Hull settled for the bronze medal after trying to match the Kenyan as she increased the tempo, with Dorcus Ewoi ensuring a double podium for Kenya
The unstoppable champion completed the race in three minutes 52.15 seconds, the chasm dividing her from her competitors evidenced by the approximately 3-second long delay for the second finisher to finish
With outstretched arms and a confident grin which suggested it had always been certain, Faith marked the 8th international win of her career
That is level with sprinter the Jamaican athlete - the exclusive additional woman to win up to 4 world titles in the equivalent race - and long-distance icon the Ethiopian star for the most by a female athlete in individual events
Faith will set her sights on a 2nd consecutive global double in the longer distance, the qualifiers for which commence on Thursday before Saturday’s final
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