With the Prefontaine Classic hosting the Diamond League finals for the first time, Faith Kipyegon also produced a brilliant run in the women’s mile although she was away and clear with little opposition.
The Kenyan clocked a meeting record of 3:50.72, missing her own world record of 3:49.11. Only former world record-holders Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia and Yunxia Qu of China have run faster.
Runner-up Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia clocked 3:53.93 and the pair will meet again at the World Road Running Champs in Riga in a fortnight.
Laura Muir, meanwhile, ran a fine season’s best of 3:55.16 – narrowly missing her UK record of 3:54.50 – as she finished third with fellow Brit Melissa Courtney-Bryant running 3:59.57 in ninth.
“I didn’t watch the clock,” said Kipyegon. “I was just running my race and see what will happen at the finish line. So it was amazing, to run a meeting record, just fantastic.”
Source: AW
