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Faith Kipyegon will come up against Ethiopian rival Gudaf Tsegay when the two contest for the nearly Ksh8 million at stake at the women’s-only Athlos event in New York on Thursday.
Faith Kipyegon will meet a familiar foe at the women’s-only Athlos event when she takes to the track alongside Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay in the 1,500m in New York on Thursday.
Kipyegon and Tsegay had a fallout on the track at the Paris Olympics when the Ethiopian nearly ruined her silver medal celebrations.
The triple Olympics champion won silver in the 5,000m but was briefly disqualified over jostling and obstruction after she raised her hand to fend off Tsegay who had got into her way in an attempt to box her into the inner lane and gain an advantage in the race.
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07:40 - 15.08.2024
'Tsegay came and knelt before me' - Faith Kipyegon reveals how remorseful Ethiopian rival sought to bury hatchet
Faith Kipyegon has narrated how Ethiopian track rival Gudaf Tsegay sought an apology from her following a dramatic incident that nearly saw her Olympics silver medal win quashed.
Team Kenya would appeal and Kipyegon later got her medal back and also had the last laugh when she trumped the Ethiopian to win a gold medal in the 1,500m to become the first woman to seal a hat-trick of Olympics titles over the distance.
While Faith Kipyegon has since confirmed that she forgave her after the Ethiopian knelt before her and apologized, there will be no love lost given what is at stake at the Athlos event where winners of each discipline will walk home with $60,000 (Ksh7,774,288).
The two know each other well having competed against each other at various events but the Olympics incident will be lingering in their minds as they work on a strategy to claim victory.
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18:48 - 25.09.2024
Nakuru artist unveils Faith Kipyegon’s statue and Kenyans are not amused, again!
Kenyans have given varied views after a Nakuru artist unveiled a statue of Faith Kipyegon, coming one month after backlash greeted another one made in Eldoret last month.
It will not be a two women affair, however, as the 1,500m race also has Kenya’s Susan Ejore, who reached the final at the Olympics, Katie Snowden from England, American Corey McGee and another Ethiopian Diribe Welteji, the world silver medalist, who came second behind Kipyegon in Budapest last year.
Faith Kipyegon will be confident of signing off the season in fine fashion, having won Olympics gold in 1,500m and silver in 5,000, broken the world record (1,500) and won a fifth Diamond League title this year.
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