Faith Kipyegon Just Misses 1000m World Record At Xiamen Diamond League
Faith Kipyegon Just Misses 1000m World Record At Xiamen Diamond League
Faith Kipyegon nearly kicked off the Diamond League season with some history in the 1000m.

Faith Kipyegon established the 2025 world lead and a meet record in the women's 1000-meter run at the Xiamen Diamond League, the first of the season, on April 27 in Xiamen, China.
The Kenyan runner nearly set a personal best with a dominant run of 2 minutes and 29.21 seconds, beating Australian runner Abbey Caldwell, who ran 2:32.94.
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Arguably currently the best runner in the world, Kipyegon is a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1500-meters. In the first Diamond League meet of the season, she looked the part.
She re-established the world lead, topping Georgia Griffith's 2:34.50 time from March.
The world record is held by Svetlana Masterkova and has stood since 1996--2:28.98. Kipyegon, though, already holds the Diamond League record, setting it in 2020 in Monaco with a time of 2:29.15.
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— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) April 26, 2025
Faith Kipyegon 🇰🇪 just misses the World Record in the women’s 1000m.
She goes a stellar 2:29.21 but will have to continue to chase what alludes her!
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Watch Faith Kipyegon At Diamond League Xiamen
Faith Kipyegon opened the Diamond League season in Xiamen with a 2:29.21 — a world lead, meet record, and just 0.1 off the 1000m world record she intended to break! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/SQkH1qDyUQ
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How To Watch Diamond League Xiamen 2025
The 2025 Diamond League season will be streamed live and archived on FloTrack and the FloSports app. The World Feed for the Diamond League Xiamen begins at 7 a.m. ET. Feeds for the the field events will begin just after 5 a.m.
Diamond League Xiamen 2025 Disciplines
Here are the disciplines that will be contested at Diamond League Xiamen.
Men
- 100m Men
- 400m Men
- 110m Hurdles Men
- 3000m Steeplechase Men
- Pole Vault Men
- Long Jump Men
- Triple Jump Men
- 300m Hurdles Men
Women
- 200m Women
- 1000m Women
- 5000m Women
- 100m Hurdles Women
- High Jump Women
- Shot Put Women
- Discus Women
- Javelin Women
Diamond League 2025 Schedule
Here's the full Wanda Diamond League schedule in 2025.
- April 26, 2025 – Xiamen (CHN)
- May 3, 2025 – Shanghai/Keqiao
- May 16, 2025 – Doha (QAT)
- May 25, 2025 – Rabat (MAR)
- June 6, 2025 – Rome (ITA)
- June 12, 2025 – Oslo (NOR)
- June 15, 2025 – Stockholm (SWE)
- June 20, 2025 – Paris (FRA)
- July 5, 2025 – Eugene (USA)
- July 11, 2025 – Monaco (MON)
- July 19, 2025 – London (GBR)
- August 16, 2025 – Silesia (POL)
- August 20, 2025 – Lausanne (SUI)
- August 22, 2025 – Brussels (BEL)
- August 27, 2025 – Zurich (SUI)
Diamond League Prize Money In 2025
The 2025 Wanda Diamond League series will distribute a record $9.24 million in total prize money, with $500,000 allocated to each of the regular season meets, including an increased payout for select Diamond+ Disciplines at each meeting.
For the season opener in Xiamen, the Diamond+ Disciplines will be 5000m Women, High Jump Women, 110m Hurdles Men, and Pole Vault Men.
Diamond Disciplines
- $10,000
- $6,000
- $4,000
- $3,000
- $2,500
- $2,000
- $1,500
- $1,000
- $500
Diamond+ Disciplines
- $20,000
- $10,000
- $6,000
- $5,000
- $3,000
- $2,500
- $2,000
- $1,500
- $750
Don't Miss A Second Of The 2025 Diamond League
This year, the Diamond League is streaming live on FloTrack and the FloSports app, and FloTrack is giving fans more Diamond League access than ever before. For the first time ever, the Diamond League is streaming to fans all the feeds, not just the traditional world feed.
Fans will have uninterrupted coverage for every throw, leap, and run during the meets as well as the traditional broadcast.
Where To Watch Diamond League?
The Wanda Diamond League will be broadcast on FloTrack and the FloSports app starting with the 2025 season.
FloTrack Is The Streaming Home For Many Track And Field Meets Each Year
Don’t miss all the track and field season action streaming on FloTrack. Check out the FloTrack schedule for more events.
FloTrack Archived Footage
Video footage from each event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloTrack subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscriptions.
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