Olympic champions Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet broke meeting records on the track at the Allianz Memorial van Damme Diamond League (DL) in Brussels.
Kipyegon, Chebet, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Olympic bronze medallist Faith Cherotich bagged diamond trophies as the league culminated yesterday.
Bragging for both Olympic and World bronze, Cherotich was crowned the 2024 Diamond League trophy winner in 3,000msc for the first time, when she led from the 2,000m mark to stop the clock in 9 minutes, 2.36 seconds.
Cherotich, ‘aka’ Small Faith’ relegated the Olympic Champion Kenyan born Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi who finished second.
‘Big’ Faith Kipyegon stamped her authority as the queen of the 1,500m, emerging victorious in a meeting record of 3 minutes 54.75 seconds, a record 5th Diamond trophy.
Double Olympic Champion Beatrice Chebet closed her splendid season claiming victory in 5,000m in style and posting a new meeting record of 14:09.82.
The final track event for Kenyans of the night saw the Olympic champion Emanuel Wanyonyi come from behind in the last 50m to clinch the 800m diamond trophy in 1:42.70.
Wanyonyi, Cherotich, Kipyegon, Chebet, Serem, and Mary Moraa joined the other 26 discipline champions at the final stop of the 2024 DL, who were awarded a trophy, which will be accompanied by a Sh3.9 million reward and a direct ticket to the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
