Faith Kipyegon chases a third world title in the 1500m

Two-time Olympic and two-time world 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon will be chasing a third world title in Budapest in August. The 29-year-old Kenyan also tried to improve Genzebe Dibaba’s world record, set in Monaco in 2015 (3:50.07 min), but at the same tournament last year she won with a time of 3:50.37 min.

“My big goal is to defend my title. As for improving the record, we’ll see how it goes this year. I will give my best to achieve that too”, said Faith Kipyegon.

Faith Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500m. A Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history to claim back-to-back Olympic titles at the event. On the track Faith Kipyegon has won or finished second in every major championships since 2015, and is regarded the greatest female 1500m runner in history.

She is a two-time world champion from 2017 and 2022 as well as two-time world silver medalist in 2015, when she lost only to the multiple world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba, and 2019, when she returned after giving birth in previous year. In August 2022, she achieved the second-fastest time in history, setting her consecutive Kenyan record.