History-making Faith Kipyegon became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500m titles in Paris on Saturday.

 

Kipyegon made history in spectacular style, the 30-year-old 2016 and 2020 champion producing a tactical masterpiece to take gold in a new Olympic record of 3min 51.29sec.

It was another remarkable performance by Kipyegon, the reigning world champion and world record holder who can now arguably lay claim to being the greatest women’s middle-distance runner in history.

“It has been a week with a lot of emotions,” said Kipyegon in reference to winning the 5,000m silver earlier in the week.

“Tonight it is happiness and I am proud to win my third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 1500m.”

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