Kenya's Faith Kipyegon wins gold in Budapest 5000-meter
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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon pulled off a historic 1500m/5000m double victory at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.
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Kipyegon delivered another masterclass in the 5,000m to win her second gold in the Hungarian capital.
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Faith Kipyegon won gold in the 5,000m after claiming a third world 1500m title on Tuesday.
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Faith Kipyegon clocked a completely cool final lap to win the 5000 m in 14min 53.88 s.
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Dutch competitor Sifan Hassan won the silver medal with 14:54.11 and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet won the bronze (14:54.33).
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The 29-year-old has "set three world records this year in 1500m, 5,000m and mile".
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"It's been an amazing year for me," said 1500m champion Kipyegon.
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Kipyegon said: “I place myself in Simao and work hard to advance myself in the future as well”.
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