Breaking: Kipyegon breaks the world record for the 1500-meter race in Paris.

At the Meeting de Paris, where she set a new world record over 5000 metres last year, Faith Kipyegon ran the final race of the Wanda Diamond League in 3 minutes, 49.04 seconds, bringing her personal best for the 1500 metres to 3:49.04. The world record for the high jump was broken by Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine with a jump of 2.10 metres less than an hour before Kipyegon’s performance. The early going was lightning fast, with Kipyegon clocking an 800 metre time of 2 minutes and four seconds and Jess Hull of Australia finishing a hair behind the reigning world and Olympic champion. Kipyegon proceeded to raise her speed and covered the third lap in 60.8 seconds after the pacemakers dropped out.

She took 0.07 seconds off the world record she set in Florence last year as she kicked at the bell to open up a lead over Hull, and she won in 3 minutes, 49.04 seconds. After finishing in 3 minutes, 50.83 seconds, Hull broke her own Oceanian record and climbed to fifth place all-time globally. In a British record time of 3 minutes and 53.79 seconds, Laura Muir placed third. At the Kenyan Olympic Trials, Kipyegon ran a 3:53.98, so he knew setting a world mark was feasible. “I just wanted to run my race and get a feel for how I’m doing before defending my Olympic title.”

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who had previously won the world title, broke the long-standing world record for the high jump with a perfect clearance of 2.10 metres. World indoor champion Nicola Olyaslagers challenged Mahuchikh at 2.01m; both women cleared the bar on their second tries; the Ukrainian eventually prevailed. On her third attempt, Mahuchikh cleared 2.03m, while Olyslagers of Australia failed three times.

With the win in the bag, Mahuchikh raised the bar to 2.07 metres, which she duly cleared on her second jump, giving her ample opportunity to break the Ukrainian mark. After that, she had the bar lifted to 2.10 metres, which was one centimetre higher than Stefka Kostadinova’s 1987 world record, and she successfully cleared it on her very first attempt.