SportsKenyan Faith Kipyegon broke the women's 1,500 meters world record at the Wanda Diamond League's Golden Gala meeting, here. Florence, Italy, June 3 (IANS) Kenyan Faith Kipyegon broke the women's 1,500 meters world record at the Wanda Diamond League's Golden Gala meeting, here. I'm really thankful today that I managed to run 3:49 and I'm still heading towards beautiful races in the rest of the season." British Laura Muir finished second in 3:57.09, and third-placed Australian Jessica Hull clocked 3:57.29 to set an Australian and Oceania record. Also on Friday, world champion Feng Bin of China was overtaken by Olympic champion, American Valarie Allman in the fifth throw of the women's discus throw.

Source: Ethiopian News June 03, 2023 18:38 UTC