Fresh from setting her third world record in one mile, double Olympic and world 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon is contemplating competing in the 800m in the future.
Kipgen said at the moment she is concentrating on doubling up at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary before venturing into the two-lap race.
Kipyegon was speaking after being feted as the LG/SJAK Sports Personality for the Month of July 2023.
Kipyegon was awarded for sensationally breaking her third world record in 50 days— the women’s Mile—at the Monaco Diamond League on July 21. She won the race in a new record of 4:07.64 in an extraordinary display of consistency and focus.
The Kaptagat-based track star chipped nearly five seconds off the previous world record of 4:12.33 also set in Monaco by Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan in 2019. For the feat, Kipyegon was awarded an LG 55” NanoCell TV retailing at Sh118,000.
It was a back-to-back LG/SJAK award for Kipyegon who had been rewarded last month for shattering the women’s 1,500m world record at the Florence Diamond League on June 2 and following it up with a 5,000m world record in Paris leg on June 9.
“My focus now is on the world championships in the 5,000m and 1,500m but when that time comes to run in the 800m, I will try my best, not thinking of setting a world record but have some good performances,” she noted.
Flanked by world marathon record holder, Eliud Kipchoge, Kipyegon was optimistic of pulling up good results in Budapest.
“Currently my focus is to compete at the World championships where I will be doubling up in both 1500m and 5ooom. The task ahead needs proper preparations to achieve maximum results as required,” she said.
