Faith Kipyegon Wins Doha Diamond League to Begin Season in Emphatic Fashion

• Faith Kipyegon opened her 2023 season by winning the first leg of the Diamond League
• Kipyegon led from start to finish to trounce her opponents in Doha on May 5
• Sha'Carri Richardson won the 100 metres women's race as she prepares for the Kip Keino classic in Nairobi

Faith Kipyegon began her 2023 season in blistering fashion by setting a new world lead time of 3:58:57 at the Doha Diamond League on Friday night.

Kipyegon held off Ethiopian Welteji Diribe, who was keen on causing an upset but slacked off in the last 200 metres to finish with a time of 3:59;34. Her compatriot Hailu Frewyni finished third with 4:00;29.

The two-time Olympic and World Champion is arguably the most accomplished runner in the 1500 metres race despite the World Record constantly eluding her.

The world record currently stands at 3:50:07, set by Genzebe Dibaba. Kipyegon came agonizingly close to breaking the record at the Monaco Diamond League last year when she ran 3:50:37.

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The record will be firmly in her mind this year as she also chases a third world title at the World Athletics Championships in, Budapest, Hungary, in August this year. Kipyegon has finished either first or second in each of the major 1500 metres races she has participated in.

100 metres women

In the 100 metres women, Sha'Carri Richardson pulled off an upset of sorts after she beat World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson and former champion Dina Asher-Smith. Richardson clocked 10.76 seconds, a new world lead.

This comes just a few hours after she was confirmed for the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on May 13, where she is set to participate in the 200 metres.

Fred Kerley won the 200 metres men beating Ken Bednarek and Olympic champion Andre de Grasse among others.

Faith Kipyegon's story to stardom

Previously, Sports Brief reported that prior to the 1500 metres race final in Oregon last year, Kenyan athletics fans had cut a frustrated figure. For a country which is known for its dominance in long-distance races, Kenya was yet to win a gold medal at the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships.

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The nation's hopes rested with one Faith Kipyegon, who was seeking to reclaim a World title she had won in 2017. And boy, she did not disappoint. Kipyegon almost led from gun to tape to win Kenya's first gold medal and send the nation into a frenzy. She stamped her authority in her speciality as she became the first woman to win four medals at the World Championships.