Welteji breaks world mile record in Riga!!
- Oct 1, 2023
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Ethiopian's Diribe Welteji passed like a bullet to Faith Kipyegon of Kenya to win the inaugural women's world mile title in a world record of 4:21.00 at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23 today the 1st of October 2023.
The multiple world champion and world record-holder (Diribe Welteji) accelerated as they passed the Freedom Monument in the Latvian capital to pass Kenya's Faith Kipyegon, and she didn’t look back. The 21-year-old stormed to her first senior title, eventually leading an Ethiopian top two as Freweyni Hailu passed Kipyegon in the closing stages to claim silver medal for Ethiopia with a time of 4:23.06.
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