Faith Kipyegon breaks her own 1500m world record at Paris Diamond League ahead of Summer Olympics 2024

Preparing for the Paris Olympics 2024, Kenya's middle distance runner Faith Kipyegon broke her own previous world record in the women's 1500m domain to finish the Paris Diamond League in style.

The 30-year-old shattered her own 1500-meter world record at the Stade Charlety track on Sunday. Kipyegon clocked a spellbinding time of 3:49.04 to win the race. She took 0.07 seconds off her previous best of 3:49.11 that she set in Florence in June 2023.

World Athletics shared the race update on their X handle (formerly Twitter) and wrote:

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED. @Kipyegon_Faith breaks her own 1500m world record* to finish off the @MEETINGPARIS in historic style."

Faith Kipyegon has already secured her ticket to the French Summer Games in two events: 5,000 m and her marquee 1,500 m at the trials organized in Nairobi this year in June. The three-time Olympian and two-time gold medalist will enter the Paris track as reigning 1,500 m and 5,000 m world champions and is one of the leading contenders for gold in both disciplines.

Kipyegon was supposed to open her 2024 outdoor season at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, but a muscle issue forced her to withdraw from the event and delay her season start until June. In June, she won both the 5,000 m and 1,500 m qualifiers to seal the deal for the Paris Olympics.

"I'm still surprised": Faith Kipyegon on her record-breaking feat at the Paris Diamond League

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Faith Kipyegon got the perfect confidence booster ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympics, where she will be representing Kenya for the fourth straight time.

During a post-race interview posted by Runner Space on their YouTube channel, the Bomet-born runner discussed the world record and the connection between her and the city.

"I'm still surprised as well," she said. "Last year I ran the 5000m and got the world record, and today I gave a world record, so yeah, it's a special place I can say, coming here every time and breaking your own world record is just amazing."

She further stated that her plans were well executed and added:

"This was my plan to see how fast I can execute today and see how prepared I am towards Paris [Olympics]."

Faith Kipyegon expressed her satisfaction not only with breaking the world record but also with being 'in the right direction' for the Paris Olympics.