Kipyegon Sets Women’s 1,500m World Record, Kerly Wins 100m in Florence

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates winning the women's 1500m final and setting a new world record during the Wanda Diamond League 2023 Golden Gala at Stadio Luigi Ridolfi in Florence, Italy, on June 2, 2023. Ciro De Luca/Reuters

FLORENCE, Italy—Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a women’s 1,500 meters world record on Friday by clocking 3:49.11, while world champion Fred Kerley triumphed in the men’s 100 meters at the third Diamond League meeting of the season.

Kipyegon shaved almost an entire second off the previous mark of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in 2015.