The Kenyan star claims record-breaking fourth world 1500m title
Faith Kipyegon secured a historic fourth global 1500m championship as the Kenyan great extended her streak of supremacy with a 5th consecutive world win in the race
At 31 years old drew level with retired men's athletics legend the Moroccan icon as the exclusive other athlete in athletics history to achieve 4 championship wins at the world stage
Having achieved her third straight Games victory in the previous year, this marked a 3rd straight world gold for the athlete, who controlled the event from the outset before accelerating ahead of her opponents on the closing stretch
Besides is she victorious in the past five global finals but, aside from preliminaries, she has not suffered defeat over the 1500m for over four years
From Australia silver medalist Hull settled for third place after attempting to follow Kipyegon as she accelerated the speed, with Ewoi ensuring a double podium for Kenya
The dominant runner crossed the line in a time of 3:52.15, the chasm separating her from her challengers shown by the near 3-second wait for Ewoi to finish
With outstretched arms and a relaxed smile which suggested it had never felt in doubt, the champion enjoyed the 8th global gold of her athletics life
Her tally is equal with sprinting legend the Jamaican athlete - the only additional runner to win as many as four international golds in the equivalent race - and long-distance icon Tirunesh Dibaba for the record by a runner in singles competitions
Faith will now target a second back-to-back championship double in the longer distance, the qualifiers for which start on Thursday before Saturday’s final
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