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Kipyegon eyes world record in today's Diamond League meet

Gold Medalist Faith Kipyegon, of Kenya, reacts to winning the women's 1500-meter run final at the World Athletics Championships on Monday, July 18, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Over the past decade, the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco has established a reputation as the best place in the world in which to attempt a middle distance world record.

In that time, four of those records have fallen at Herculis EBS meeting. Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba established a world 1500m record of 3:50.07 in 2015 and Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech sparked a series of world record-breaking performances in the Stade Louis II stadium when she demolished the 3000m steeplechase world record there in 2018.

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