{"id":15644,"date":"2025-07-07T12:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=15644"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:34:40","slug":"omega-moment-of-the-meeting-kipyegon-smashes-own-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/omega-moment-of-the-meeting-kipyegon-smashes-own-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"OMEGA Moment of the Meeting: Kipyegon smashes own world record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Faith Kipyegon is in action at a Wanda Diamond League meeting, there is always a chance that something special could happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kenyan distance star has delivered highlight after highlight in athletics&#8217; premier one-day series in recent years, breaking a world record on no fewer than four separate occasions in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she lined up in Eugene for only her second appearance of the season on Saturday, hopes were high that Kipyegon could once again write history in the 1500m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh from her audacious attempt at a four-minute mile in Paris, Kipyegon was all smiles as she returned to the site of her 2023 Diamond League title win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having missed out on the four-minute mark in France, the 31-year-old was all the more determined to attack her own 1500m world record of 3:49.04, set at the Paris Diamond League last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a dominant performance, it was touch and go in the final lap, with Kipyegon having to dig deep to catch the green wavelight that marked the world record time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet as so often before, the Kenyan triumphed in the end. 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