World and Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon was in high spirits as she cruised her way to victory on Day Two of the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday.
Kipyegon clocked a timing of 4:00.44 to win the women’s 1500m securing her third Diamond League title on the final day of this year’s League.
“I was hoping that when I pushed, they would come with me and it would be a tough race. I enjoyed it anyway, but it was really funny because I honestly believed they were coming with me so it almost felt that I was running on my own towards the end,” the double Olympic champion said.
She added: “I tried to follow the pacer and do my own thing. It is really special to race here, this is Zurich, and you can really hear it out there.”
Ireland’s Ciara Mageean (4:01.68) and Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu (4:01.73) settled for second and third place respectively.
Kipyegon was happy to finish off her season with a win and will be wheeling her focus to Budapest next year, where she will be defending the world title she took from Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan in Oregon in July.
“This was a really strong field, but then I kept thinking this was the last race of the season, and I took the opportunity to end it in a nice way. It has been a long season, and, indeed, my legs are tired, but I think I still managed to run a good time all things considered – like I said, it was a strong field,” she said.