Faith Kipyegon Enhances GOAT Status as She Wins Fourth 1500m World Title for Kenya’s Third Gold in Tokyo

Faith Kipyegon enhanced her legacy as the greatest 1,500m runner of all-time when she won a fourth world title, and third in a row, at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Coming into the race as hot favourite to do a three-peat and claim a fourth world title over the 1,500m, the three-time Olympics champions lived to the billing at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Kipyegon clocked 3:52.15 to win gold ahead of Kenyan compatriot Dorcas Ewoi, who stole silver from Australia’s Jessica Hull, after clocking 3:54.92, as Hull settled for bronze, a first-ever for her country over the distance, in 3:55.16.

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The 31-year-old took control of the race from the beginning and did not relent, staying ahead of the pack until the bell went and that is when she put on the afterburners.

With Hull, Nelly Chepchirchir and Ewoi on her trails, Kipyegon did not leave any doubt over the destiny of the gold medal as she summoned a strong final kick in the last 300m, to win the race with a big gap against her competitors.

While the gold medal was in the bag, an epic battle ensued for silver and bronze and Hull, who was hot favourite for second place, saw youngster Ewoi stun her to claim silver as she nicked bronze against the challenge of Chepchirchir.

Kipyegon has now won the 1,500m world title in 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2025 with a silver in between in 2019 when she had just returned from maternity leave.

With three straight Olympics titles over the distance in 2016, 2021 and 2024, added to five Diamond League trophies, the mother of one remains the undisputed Greatest of All Time when it comes to 1,500m.

It was the third gold medal for Kenya in Tokyo, all coming from women, after Beatrice Chebet claimed the 10,000m title on the opening day before Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s marathon the following day.

Ewoi won the country’s first silver at the 2025 World Championships with the other medal being a bronze claimed by Edmund Serem in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase on Monday.