Faith Kipyegon Shatters Another World Record As She Cruises at Monaco Diamond League

• AtFaith Kipyegon stormed to victory in the one-mile race at the Monaco Diamond League
• Kipyegon set a new world record in the process - her third world record since June
• She will now be aiming to complete a double swoop at the World Athletics Championships next month

Faith Kipyegon broke another World Record in a span of less than two months after she won the Mile race at the Monaco Diamond League on July 21.

Kipyegon obliterated the field, clocking 4.07.64 to lower Sifan Hassan's record of 4.12.33 set in 2019.

It is the third world record that Kipyegon has broken after setting new records for the 1500m and 5000m at the Florence and Paris Diamond Leagues in June.

So dominant was Kipyegon's latest win that Ciara Mageean finished in second place almost seven seconds after the mother of one was done. Ethiopia's Hailu Freweyni completed the podium places.

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The one mile race

The Mile Race is not a core event in the World Athletics Championships or Olympics Calendar but is often competed in select Diamond League events. A mile is approximately 1610 metres which is 110 metres more than Kipyegon's speciality, the 1500 metres.

Prior to this race at the Principality, Kipyegon's personal best was a time of 4.16.71 and she ended up shaving a clean nine seconds en route to setting the new world record.

The double world and Olympic champion is now a triple world record holder ahead of next month's World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

At the same time, Wycliffe Kinyamal set a new world lead in the 800 metres after he clocked 1:43.22 to win the two-lap race. Kinyamal is part of Team Kenya's squad to Budapest.

Omanyala truimphs in Monaco

Ferdinand Omanyala won his first 100m race at the Diamond League. The Kenyan narrowly beat Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in Monaco.

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Sports Brief reported that the fastest man in Africa clocked 9.92 seconds, while Tebogo came second in 9.93 seconds.

The 27-year-old Kenyan becomes the first Kenyan to win the 100m Diamond League race and heads into the 2023 World Athletics championships high in confidence.