Faith Kipyegon breaks her own 1500m world record at Paris Diamond League 2024

Faith Kipyegon set the previous world record at the same venue last year.

Returning to the scene of her record-breaking mark over 5000m last year, Faith Kipyegon broke her own world record in women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League 2024, clocking 3:49.04 in the final race of the Wanda Diamond League meeting in the French capital on Sunday (7).

Kipyegon’s performance came less than an hour after Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh had broken the world high jump record with 2.10m.

The early pace was swift, with Kipyegon covering 800m in 2:04 as Australia’s Jess Hull positioned herself just a stride behind the multiple world and Olympic champion. With the pacemakers having dropped out, Kipyegon covered the third lap in 60.8 seconds and continued to increase her pace.

She kicked at the bell and opened up a gap over Hull, striding clear to win in 3:49.04, taking 0.07 off the world record she set last year in Florence. Hull finished second in 3:50.83, smashing her own Oceanian record to move to fifth on the world all-time list. Laura Muir was third in a British record of 3:53.79.

“I knew the world record was possible because I recently ran very fast in Kenya,” said Kipyegon, who clocked 3:53.98 at Kenya’s Olympic Trials. “I was coming here to just run my race and to see what shape I’m in to defend my title at the Olympics.”

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