Athletics-Kenya's Kipyegon breaks own 1,500 metres world record


Athletics - Diamond League - Brussels - King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium - September 14, 2024 Faith Kipyegon of Kenya celebrates after winning the Women's 1500m final REUTERS/Yves Herman

(Reuters) -Kenya's Faith Kipyegon broke her own 1,500 metres world record with a time of three minutes 48.68 seconds at the Eugene Diamond League meet on Saturday.

Kipyegon set her previous world mark of 3:49.04 at the Paris Diamond League meeting last July.

(Reporting by Trevor Stynes, editing by Ed Osmond)

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