Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon shattered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday night, clocking an astonishing 3:48.68.
This time eclipsed her previous mark of 3:49.04, set at the Paris Diamond League on July 7 last year.
Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji finished second with a personal best of 3:51.44, while Australia’s Jessica Hull claimed third with a season’s best of 3:52.67.
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Kipyegon’s latest milestone comes just over a week after narrowly missing out on breaking the four-minute barrier in the mile.
At the ‘Breaking4’ challenge in Paris, she ran 4:06.42—an unofficial world record for the distance.
