Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon looked to use the women’s 1500m as a training exercise, but still came away as a convincing winner in a world-leading time at the 2023 Wanda Diamond League in Doha on Friday.
The world and Olympic champion didn’t make too much of an effort to make a break from the rest of the pack on the first two-and-a-half laps. But she moved up a gear with one lap to go and won by almost a full second in 3:58.57.
Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji was second in 3:59.34 with Freweyni Hailu taking third in 4:00.29.
“It was an exciting race, but a little bit windy, so I decided to not push too much and just focus on winning,” said Kipyegon, who covered the final lap in 58.77 seconds.
Additional reporting by World Athletics
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