(Reuters) – Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon shattered the women’s mile world record by almost five seconds at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday.
The 29-year-old completed the race in four minutes, 7.64 seconds to smash Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan’s 2019 mark of 4:12.33.
Hassan’s record was also set in Monaco.
“I have done good training so far and I just came for it,” Kipyegon said. “The time – yes, it was really good because the race was well planned. It just went smoothly and to accomplish the world record – that is amazing.”
Kipyegon has now broken three world records in just two months, including the 1500m and 5000m.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
