NAIROBI, Kenya, August 16, 2025 – Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon and double Olympic counterpart Beatrice Chebet grabbed international headlines once again with outstanding performances at the Silesia Diamond League.
Kipyegon missed out on another world record, falling short in the women’s 3000m after clocking 8:07.04 – a narrow 0.93 seconds shy of Wang Junxia’s record in Beijing in 1993.
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Speaking after the race, the 30-year-old admitted a world record was a stretch too far for her considering her physical state.
“To be honest, I did not see the clock on the finish line because I was so tired. I am very satisfied with the time,” the double world record holder said.
She was competing just over a month after smashing her own world record in the women’s 1500m, where she clocked 3:48.68 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on July 5.
As far as the women’s 3000m, Kipyegon was competing for the first time since 2014 when she timed 8:23.55 to finish third at the Doha Diamond League.
On the other hand, Chebet came away with a second-place finish in the women’s 1500m in which she was running for the first time since 2023.
The Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion clocked a personal best (PB) of 3:54.73 to finish second.
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay timed a meet record (MR) and season’s best (SB) of 3:50.62 to win the race as Great Briton Georgia Bell took third in 3:56.00.
Chebet said she was using the race to build up on her speed.
“I am very happy about this race because I came here to test my speed. And I got a personal best! And the test is amazing. I enjoyed the race and the atmosphere. I was a bit afraid to follow the speed but I told myself let me try and run and it worked,” she said.
Also celebrating on Saturday night was the 2016 Olympic javelin silver medalist Julius Yego who stormed to victory with a best throw of 83.60m.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott took second place (82.54m) as Andrian Madare came third with a best throw of 82.38m.
Yego vowed to work hard in training to improve on his technique ahead of next month’s World Championships in Tokyo.
“I am happy with the win, not quite happy with the performance. Technically I did not get it right today. In the javelin you need to be perfect and I was not. I need to go back to training now. I expect the competition in Tokyo to be tough. Nowadays you need to get over 90 metres to be assured of a medal,” the 2015 World champion said.
It was a Diamond League debut to remember for Lilian Odira who clocked a PB of 1:56.62 to finish second in the women’s 800m, behind Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson who timed a world leading time of 1:54.74 to win the race.
Oratile Nowe took third after running a national record of 1:56.76.
