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Gold medallist Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning women's 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships, on Tuesday morning. [AP]

Faith Kipyegon delivered Kenya’s first gold medal to take the country’s medal tally to six at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

With her trademark kick, Kipyegon regained the world title on yesterday morning that she first won in 2017. She claimed an unprecedented fourth medal in the event. And Kipyegon indeed did something special, clocking 3:52.96, the second-fastest time on US soil after her own 3:52.59 at the Prefontaine Classic in late May on the same Hayward Field track.

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