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KIPYEGON RULES IN SPAIN: Faith produces impressive win in Seville cross-country

Kenya's silver medallist Faith Kipyegon poses on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women's 1500 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 26, 2015. AFP PHOTO

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola captured outstanding victories at the 34th Cross Internacional de Italica, held near Seville in Spain on Sunday, the fourth leg of this season’s IAAF Cross Country Permit series.

Kipyegon, a two-time world cross country junior champion, made her intentions clear to gun for a second bite at the cherry during the Fourth Africa Cross Country Championships set for Younde, Cameroon, in March.

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