In Paris she made history by becoming the only three-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 metres, where she added another gold medal to those won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021, smashing her own Olympic record in the process; she also won a silver medal in the women’s 5,000m.
From the Rift Valley in Kenya, she has dominated women’s middle distance running for many years, also winning the 1,500m World Championship titles in 2017 and 2022 and both the 1,500m and 5,000m in Budapest in 2023. The current 1,500m world record holder wrapped up her season with the successful defence of her title in that event at the 2024 Diamond League Finals in Brussels.
