17th August, 2016
Faith Chepng’etich Kipyegon put together one of, if not the upset of the track and field at the rio 2016 Olympics when she stunned Ethiopia’s world champion and runaway favourite, Genzebe Dibaba in the women 1500m at the joao havelange stadium as she took a leap of faith to greatness. The national record holder clocked 4mins:08.93 to bag kenya’s 3rd gold medal.