Admin I Sunday, August 27, 2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The Kenyan athlete, Faith Kipyegon has set a new record at the Budapest 2023 championships by becoming the first woman to win gold in both the 1500 metres and the 5000 metres at Budapest 2023.
The win in Budapest also brings her win 1500m title to three.
Meanwhile, representatives of the United States, Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson have won the gold medals in the 4×100 metres finals in both male and female categories while Mondo Duplantis recorded another gold in the pole vault.
Chase Ealey also became a multiple world title winner in the shot put, while Marco Arop claimed a maiden global gold in the 800m and Pierce LePage added another win for Canada in the decathlon.
Lyles came to Budapest for three gold medals and tonight it was a case of mission accomplished as the man with the plan crossed the line in 37.38, the fastest run this year, promptly holding up three fingers just in case anyone had forgotten his earlier individual 100m and 200m victories.
Italy, the Olympic champions, took silver in 37.62, and bronze went to Jamaica, who clocked 37.76 to finish 0.04 clear of Great Britain.
In the women’s final, individual 100m champion Richardson was handed a metre lead over Jamaica’s 200m champion Shericka Jackson and held on to it tenaciously to set a championship record of 41.03 before being almost bowled over by a reception party consisting of four male teammates bearing Stars and Stripes flags.
Jamaica took silver in 41.21, with bronze going to Britain in 41.97. Kipyegon completes historic women’s 1500m/5000m double
