Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon made a remarkable shift to road with a commanding performance in the women’s 10km at the Monaco Run on Sunday.
The four-time world 1500m champion clocked 29:46 to cut the tape, climbing to 14th on the all-time list of the fastest female runners in the 10km.
She revealed that the result has aroused a new love for the road races.
The competition was the first of the year for the 31-year-old who romped to her fourth world title in Tokyo, last year.
She has long expressed a desire to transition to road races as her peers — Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan and double world champion Hellen Obiri.