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In the much-anticipated 800-meter final, Team USA athlete Athing Mu went out from the starting gun to lead the field for the first 600 meters. Kenya's Mary Moraa was close behind, not letting Mu get away as she held on in her slipstream. Great Britain's Keely Hodginkson brought out her signature kick and came past Mu in the inside lane.
Last night's 1,500-meter final raised this question as Faith Kipyegon, the reigning Olympic and world champion from Kenya, bolted to the front like a rabbit and maintained her lead to the finish. With a job to do-a title to defend-Kipyegon earned her third world championship gold medal in 3:54.87. Diribe Welteji, the 21-year-old from Ethiopia, hung on for silver in 3:55.69 while the Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan (who returned with plenty of vigor and even more bandages after falling in her valiant attempt to win the 10,000 on Saturday) clinched bronze with a time of 3:56.00.
Kipyegon blasted the field over the final 200 as Diribe Welteji and Sifan Hassan rounded out the podium.
A better headline for this farce would be: Self-Obsessed Man Defeats World-Class Females in 1500-Meter Championship Race.
Cory McGee made the final and Faith Kipyegon ran 3:55 to drag her heat to historically fast times.