Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and current Commonwealth Games 1500 m women"s champion having won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 4 minutes 08.94 seconds.
Career
At the Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women"s 1500 metres, But got 9th in the 3rd heat and failed to qualify for the finals. She competed in the World Championships in Athletics and Came in 5th place in the final with a time of 4:05.08. A couple of months after she competed at the World Youth Championships in the women"s 1500 m winning the gold medal ahead of three Ethopian runners with a time of 4:09.48.
She qualified for the Summer Olympics in the women"s 1500 m, in London, but failed to qualify for the finals.
In August, at the World Championships in Moscow, Faith Kipyegon came in fifth in the final of the women"s 1500 m"s in a time of 4:05.08. The Kenya team, ahead of the United States and Australia, improved the World Record time to 16:33.58.