Faith Kipyegon Reigns Monaco with a 3:51.07 world Lead {VIDEO}
Faith Kipyegon reigned supreme at the Monaco Diamond League meeting with a 3:51.07 world lead On Friday 9th July.
Christine Juma She was also topped as the fastest fourth on the all-time world lists in the women's 1500m since 2015.
Faith, gave birth to her first-born child in 2018, returning games in 2019 to finish second to Hassan at the World Championships in Doha, but has now found an even richer vein of form than that which carried her to the Olympic title in 2016 and the world title in 2017. “I came back after giving birth and I feel like a role model for the young mothers out there and the young athletes,” she said. “I hope to show them that when you go for maternity leave, this does not mean the end of your career. You can come back strong and win races.”
However, despite faith`s recent losses to her close competitor Hassan sifan, she remained confident that her day would one day come.
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“I knew Sifan was going for a fast race and my goal was to run a fast race here and I thank God that was,” she said. “I am really looking forward to Tokyo and I know it will be a very hard competition but I hope to go there and defend my title.”
