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The three-time Olympic champion admitted that remaining at the top level of the sport comes with immense pressure, noting that occasional defeats can serve as important wake-up calls. She also hinted at personal challenges she has been facing away from the public eye.
The 37-year-old, who is fresh from the Senior African Athletics Championships in Accra, had earlier hinted at retiring from the continental competition, saying his focus will now shift to global events.
Following another record-breaking year in 2025, many of the sport’s biggest names will be hoping to make history once again as athletics’ premier one-day series returns for its 17th season.
Clocking 3:48.68 at the Prefontaine Classic on 5 July, multiple Olympic and world champion Kipyegon took 0.36 off the world record of 3:49.04 she set in Paris on 7 July 2024.
Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi arrives in Monaco to face the two men who joined him on the Paris podium last year: Canada’s Marco Arop and Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati
Chebet, 25, now holds both world records and Olympic titles in the 5,000m and 10,000m
The reigning 100m world champion says the most important thing now is to get races under her belt and stay healthy as she looks toward her title defence in Tokyo
Organizers of the Prefontaine Classic have pulled out all the stops in ensuring that the 50th edition of the Wanda Diamond League meeting will be one of the best ever when the world’s best athletes descend on Eugene on Saturday 5 June 2025
Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Steeplechase specialist Faith Cherotich were winners in Oslo as they shone in the face of absolute competition.