Kipyegon smashes mile record in Monaco for a third world record in two months

MONACO (AP) — Faith Kipyegon has set a third world record in two months after smashing the previous best mile time at a Diamond League event in Monaco. The Kenyan clocked 4 minutes, 7.64 seconds in the Herculis Meeting at Stade Louis II. That shattered the 4:12.33 set by her long-time rival Sifan Hassan on the same track in 2019. Kipyegon is the two-time Olympic and world 1,500-meter champion. In early June she set a world record in the 5,000 meters at the Diamond League meet in Paris. A week earlier she became the fastest woman over 1,500 at the Golden Gala meet in Florence.