Kenya's Faith Kipyegon just broke the women's 1500m world record with 3:49.11 to become the first women to run the event under 3 minutes and 50 seconds at the 2023 Florence/Rome Diamond League meeting.
The two-time Olympic and World champion in the 1500m Kipyegon unleashed a blazing 59-second final lap to shave almost one second (0.96s) off Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba‘s world record set back in 2015.
1 Faith Kipyegon 3:49.11
2 Laura Muir 3:57.09
3 Jessica Hull 3:57.29
4 Ciara Mageean 4:00.95
5 Axumawit Embaye 4:00.98
6 Abbey Caldwell 4:01.34
7 Josette Andrews 4:01.39
8 Cory McGee 4:01.45
9 Sintayehu Vissa 4:01.98
10 Linden Hall 4:02.43