Breaking four: Will Kipyegon join the elite club of Kenya's barrier breakers?

Gold medallist Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1500m final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, on August 10, 2024. [AFP]

October 13, 1968 inside Olympic Stadium in Mexico City remains a memorable one for Kenyan women athletics.

It was just three months after Tom Mboya had been killed and the political temperatures were still high. It was also nine months before Neil Armstrong and his crew landed on the moon.