Olympic and world 1,500metres champion Faith Kipyegon keeps on rewriting history books.
The 31-year-old became the first woman to win four 1,500m world titles when she chalked a dominant victory at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday.
Kipyegon returned to the National Stadium, the venue where she won her second Olympic 1,500m title, in style, sealing her fourth world title in three minutes and 52.15, missing the championship record by 0.2 seconds.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning Women's 1500m gold with fourth placed Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir during World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo on September 16, 2025.
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Kipyegon not only led Kenya to its first 1-2 finish in both world championships and Olympic Games but also made history as the most accomplished Kenyan at the world championships with five gold medals.
Interestingly, Kipyegon becomes the second Kenyan to win four individual world titles after Ezekiel Kemboi in steeplechase.
Kipyegon virtually led from start to finish to win as her compatriot Dorcas Ewoi blasted past Australia's Jessica Hull to snatch silver and on debut for Kenya in a career best 3:54.92.
Hull, the Paris Olympic Games 1,500m settled for bronze in 3:55.16 to ruin what would have been a Kenyan historic podium sweep after Nelly Chepchirchir clocked 3:55.25 for third place.
Kipyegon broke away from Ezekiel Kemboi and Vivian Cheruiyot as the most successful Kenyans at the world championships, having tied with four gold medals each.
Gold medallist Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates with her national flag after winning the Women's 1500m Final with silver medallist Kenya's Dorcus Ewoi and Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo on September 16, 2025.
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Kipyegon, the world record holder, launched her phenomenal journey at 2017 London where she won her maiden world title in 4:02.59, then steeled for silver in 2019 Doha behind Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan.
Since then, Kipyegon, who is arguably the greatest female middle-distance runner, has been unstoppable, become the first woman to complete a successive hat-trick with victories in 2022 Eugene (3:52.96) and 2023 Budapest (3:54.87) before the Tokyo exploits.
