Kipyegon shatters women's mile world record

Faith Kipyegon has acceptable 3 satellite records successful 2023

Kenya's Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon smashed the women's mile satellite grounds astatine the Diamond League successful Monaco.

"It was amazing. I person done bully grooming truthful acold and I conscionable [went] for it," Kipyegon said.

"The clip was truly bully due to the fact that the contention was good planned. It conscionable went smoothly and to execute the satellite grounds - that is amazing."

Kipyegon, a treble Olympic and satellite 1500m champion, has already acceptable caller satellite records successful the 1500m and 5000m this year.

Scotland's Laura Muir came location 4th successful 4:15.24 to acceptable a caller British record.

Elsewhere, Olympic champion Karsten Warholm of Norway ran the fourth-fastest clip successful past successful the men's 400m hurdles, coming location successful 46.51 seconds.

However, Sweden's 2020 Olympic golden medallist and satellite grounds holder Armand Duplantis endured a nighttime to hide arsenic helium finished 4th successful the rod vault aft failing to wide 5.92m.

The adjacent Diamond League lawsuit takes spot successful London connected Sunday arsenic athletes proceed to physique towards the World Championships successful Budapest betwixt 19-27 August.

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