Arop starts strong, De Grasse under pressure at track worlds
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Kenya's Faith Kipyegon pushed the pace early and pulled away down the stretch to defend her 1,500-meter title at the world championships on Tuesday night.
Ciara Mageean just missed out on a medal at the World Championships as she finished fourth in the 1500 meters final in Budapest.
BUDAPEST: Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon capped a year that brought her a hat-trick of world records by claiming a treble of world 1,500 metres gold medals as she ran a perfect race to come home in 3:54.87 on Tuesday (Aug 22).
Ireland's Ciara Mageean just missed out on a medal but set a national record with a fourth-placed finish in the 1500m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Soaring temperatures in Budapest have pushed back the women's 5,000 metres heats from the morning session to the evening session on Wednesday, World Athletics said.
Sarah Lavin will hope to repeat her recent good form in the 100 metre hurdles, while the focus of attention will be Ciara Mageean's performance in the women's 1500m final.
LONDON : Forty years after its first edition, the world athletics championships get underway in Budapest on Saturday with over 2,000 athletes from 202 countries taking part over nine days of what could be record-breaking action.